AGREED! A 10-minute commute? COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get up at 6
Go to gym 6:15-7:15
7:15-8:40 Get kids (2, ages 6 and 9) dressed and breakfasted while also getting myself dressed and breakfasted and make kids lunch and myself lunch
8:40 out the door to bus
8:45 bus pick up and I head to work
4:15 arrive home
4:20 kids arrive home on bus
4:30 onwards: shuttle kids to afterschool activitites. Maybe have time to cook a nutritious family dinner, usually not
8:00 6 year old to bed
9:30: 9 year old to bed
10:00 me to bed

I don't do any chores during the week, not even laundry. Would rather just do it all on the weekend than constantly everyday.

So, not to be a troll or anything, but:
If you head to work at 8:45 and are home by 4:15, that's only 7.5 hours total. Do you commute? Do you only work PT?

I work part-time and have a 10 minute commute

NP, but I think you should have said that. Part-time work and a 10-minute is not common and not very relatable to most.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get up at 6
Go to gym 6:15-7:15
7:15-8:40 Get kids (2, ages 6 and 9) dressed and breakfasted while also getting myself dressed and breakfasted and make kids lunch and myself lunch
8:40 out the door to bus
8:45 bus pick up and I head to work
4:15 arrive home
4:20 kids arrive home on bus
4:30 onwards: shuttle kids to afterschool activitites. Maybe have time to cook a nutritious family dinner, usually not
8:00 6 year old to bed
9:30: 9 year old to bed
10:00 me to bed

I don't do any chores during the week, not even laundry. Would rather just do it all on the weekend than constantly everyday.

So, not to be a troll or anything, but:
If you head to work at 8:45 and are home by 4:15, that's only 7.5 hours total. Do you commute? Do you only work PT?

I work part-time and have a 10 minute commute

Anonymous wrote:OP here -
My question is more how to handle the evenings and get stuff done, including time with DH, when I am tired from waking up at 5.

I only workout M-W-F (getting up at 0530), giving me a little extra sleep T-Th.

Laundry, groceries, cleaning, yard work, errands are done on weekends. That leaves the daily stuff on weeknights.

I do evening pick up and we get home around six o'clock. Try to have dinner on the table between 6:30 and 6:45. DC showers while DH and I do dishes and clean the kitchen. I read with DC until 8:00 lights out. DH and I putter a bit (bills, emails, maybe a little work), then watch one or two recorded shows, and head to bed around 10 o'clock. Asleep NLT 11 o'clock. Really should go upstairs closer to 9 and out by 10 to get enough sleep.

Anonymous wrote:Get up at 6
Go to gym 6:15-7:15
7:15-8:40 Get kids (2, ages 6 and 9) dressed and breakfasted while also getting myself dressed and breakfasted and make kids lunch and myself lunch
8:40 out the door to bus
8:45 bus pick up and I head to work
4:15 arrive home
4:20 kids arrive home on bus
4:30 onwards: shuttle kids to afterschool activitites. Maybe have time to cook a nutritious family dinner, usually not
8:00 6 year old to bed
9:30: 9 year old to bed
10:00 me to bed

I don't do any chores during the week, not even laundry. Would rather just do it all on the weekend than constantly everyday.

So, not to be a troll or anything, but:
If you head to work at 8:45 and are home by 4:15, that's only 7.5 hours total. Do you commute? Do you only work PT?

DH and I switch off mornings - one of us works out (depending on what we are training for, some time between 6-7am). The other person gets the munchkin ready for daycare. Sometimes we will do this after work too. So the schedule is pick up munchkin before 6p, and someone does dinner, bath time, and bedtime, and the other person can work out or work later. Kid in bed by 7:30, time for DH and I to have dinner, have sex, work more, etc. Our kid is 2 and this has worked so far. I've done a tough mudder and a handful of half marathons, and my husband did an iron man and a bunch of triathlons since our son was born.

Anonymous wrote:I'm constantly amazed by the people who are home by 4 and 5 o'clock. I am home by 7 if lucky.

Anyone with a longer workday who gets in a workout everyday? Would love to know how!

I workout W/F at the gym from 6:15-7:15, so on Tues/Thursday nights, I come home and run around like a crazy person to get everything done. I try to get us in bed by 9:30, but more often it's 10. Schedule on Tues/Thur night is be home no later than 7:30. When I get home, help finish up dinner, make lunches and snacks for next day, go through backpacks, etc. Try to get kids upstairs by 8:30. Once upstairs, do bathes, get on pjs, pack my gym bag and get clothes together. Then get in bed, read books and lights out by 9:30 or 10 at the latest. My dh rather dreads these evenings because if we're not in bed, I start getting grumpy and have been known to start yelling.

On Tues/Thursday mornings, I take the dog for a 20 minute walk. I am aspriing to add in more exercise, but this is what I do now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm constantly amazed by the people who are home by 4 and 5 o'clock. I am home by 7 if lucky.

Anyone with a longer workday who gets in a workout everyday? Would love to know how!

I wake up at 4am. I'm at work by 7, leave 330, home 430-500. I have the flexibility to bring some stuff home and/or log on after DD's asleep.

That is a serious commute and at 3:30 to boot.

Are you referring to the bolded part? It's up at 4, gym at 5, at work by 7... not a bad commute, once you subtract the very long detour

Not the PP, but it sounds as though your commute is 60-90 minutes, even though you're traveling outside of rush hour. I think you're a good sport about it -- probably that's the endorphins talking.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm constantly amazed by the people who are home by 4 and 5 o'clock. I am home by 7 if lucky.

Anyone with a longer workday who gets in a workout everyday? Would love to know how!

I wake up at 4am. I'm at work by 7, leave 330, home 430-500. I have the flexibility to bring some stuff home and/or log on after DD's asleep.

That is a serious commute and at 3:30 to boot.

Are you referring to the bolded part? It's up at 4, gym at 5, at work by 7... not a bad commute, once you subtract the very long detour

I'm fortunate to have a minimal commute, but I'm up at 6, drop DD at daycare at 7, and workout from 7:30-8:15. Get ready in 20 minutes and at my desk at work by 9:00.

In the evenings, I'm home with DD between 5:30 and 6:00, depending on if we have to stop at the grocery store, and finish the bedtime routine by 8:45. An hour or so of tv and in bed between 10 and 10:30. Cleaning only happens while I watch tv (open floor plan townhouse so can clean the downstairs in view of the tv) or on weekends. I put in a load of laundry and run the dishwasher every morning, dry clothes and put away dishes at night. All errands, bills, etc., happen on weekends.

If I ever have a commute longer than 15 minutes, my whole routine will be shot.

Up at 5:15, at the gym (super-close to home) by 5:30, or 5:45 if I press snooze. Come home to shower at 7am, DH helps the kids get ready for school (still young- K and 1st). Lots of time I'll toss laundry in the washer in the morning. I walk them to the bus stop and I am at work by 8:45 (short commute). I pick them up at aftercare usually by 5pm, try to have dinner ready by 6-6:30. We do homework in the meanwhile, and I'll change the laundry to the dryer so it is ready to fold before I am ready for bed.

I try to do most grocery shopping on the weekends, but I can do a quick run before picking them up. I'm in bed by 9pm. I realize in a few years I'll probably be asleep before the kids- not a problem if my husband is home.

Up at 4:45, exercise at home, maybe do something for the kids' breakfast, but am out the door at 6:30 and my spouse finishes the morning routine. I work 7-3:30 and am home to meet the bus, then do other mom stuff -- dinner, driving to sports, etc.

My youngest is in grade school. I rarely exercised (and often only for a few minutes) when I had an infant, made extremely basic dinners when they were toddlers, and was basically just hanging on until the kids were old enough to be self-reliant. When they could sit up in the tub, I started cleaning bathrooms and folding laundry while they bathed.

Now if I miss my morning workout, I can go work out once I have dinner in the oven. The kids do their homework or read while I sweat and shower.

It gets easier, honest. Hang in there, and lower your standards!

Sounds like a lot of you have small children or only one.

Wait until the sports get into full swing. I am WAYYY busier now that my boys do sports. With two of them amost all nights of the week I have to be somewhere by 5:30/6 for a practice or game. I also have to jam homework in there somewhere.

I never had the inkling to SAHM when my kids were little and now it feels like I need to SAH more than ever. Much much busier now that they are older. When they were little, all we really had to do was watch them, play with them, and feed them.

Also, having two boys, the dinners and breakfasts I have to prepare. Wowsers, they eat so much. I spend a ton of time in the kitchen.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm constantly amazed by the people who are home by 4 and 5 o'clock. I am home by 7 if lucky.

Anyone with a longer workday who gets in a workout everyday? Would love to know how!

I wake up at 4am. I'm at work by 7, leave 330, home 430-500. I have the flexibility to bring some stuff home and/or log on after DD's asleep.

That is a serious commute and at 3:30 to boot.

Anonymous wrote:I'm constantly amazed by the people who are home by 4 and 5 o'clock. I am home by 7 if lucky.

Anyone with a longer workday who gets in a workout everyday? Would love to know how!

I wake up at 4am. I'm at work by 7, leave 330, home 430-500. I have the flexibility to bring some stuff home and/or log on after DD's asleep.