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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dual WOH parents, kids 8 and 5.

7:30 We all get up, except 8yo who we let sleep until a few minutes before 8
8:20 or so--we all leave the house.  8yo prefers school breakfast so doesn't eat at home.  School is 2 blocks away.  DH usually does drop off, but sometimes me.
9:00 or so--arrive at work
We take turns doing pick up.  When it is me, I leave work at 5:10 or 5:15 to make it to aftercare by 6:00.  When it isn't me, I leave work at 5:45 to 6:15 and make it home by 6:30 to 7:00.
Most nights, DH makes simple dinner for the kids who eat at about 7:30--chicken tacos, scrambled eggs, quesadillas, pasta, something like that with a microwaved frozen vegetable side.  We do family dinner on Sunday and maybe one week night.  I regret that we don't do family dinner more often, but I don't regret it enough to limit my dinners to what the kids will eat/ what we can prepare in 15 minutes.
Bath, toothbrush, stories after dinner for my five year old, whose bedtime is about 8:30, though he is up for up to an hour after that playing quietly in his room and occasionally cheerfully popping downstairs.
The 8 year old then has a bath, reads, hangs out, has a 9:30 bedtime.
Grown ups have dinner late at 9:30 or even 10, but worth the wait as my DH is an awesome cook (and is in charge of all food prep).
Then I clean up after dinner, and we read or play online or watch a tv show together (which I often fall asleep during) and go to bed at midnight or 12:30.
We have a messy house and weekends do have a lot of things like grocery shopping and laundry and picking up.  We have cleaners every two weeks and so I don't really do cleaning like vacuuming and bathroom scrubbing, as every two weeks keeps it up to my low standards.
I don't find this schedule to be that punishing.  There are weeks when I have to get back online in the evening to work and that makes it rough, but if that is not happening, I find this to be a good rhythm.[/quote]

So your employees are okay with you putting in less than 8 hrs a day (8.5 including lunch is minimum at most places)?  If getting in 'around 9' and leaving. 5:15 woupd not fly at our office.   I know you probably work thru lunch, but our employer says that doesn't count!

Glad you like the rhythm and it's nice oh and DH get some time together for fun. Average nights sleep is 7 hrs? I should try that, maybe caffeine before bed would help![/quote]

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