How do you spend your evenings?

[swamp]

I go to soccer/dance/hockey/figure skating/lax/baseball, cook dinner, wash kids, wash clothes, wash dishes, do homework, get stuff out for tomorrow, vacuum, drink wine, then collapse.

[Wisconsin Beth]

Sept 10, 2013 15:05:09 GMT -5 TheHaitian said:

4 nights a week between work and school I don't get home till 10:30.

The other 4 nights I either spend studying, sleeping or a combos o studying/sleeping.

Wow, you've got an 8 day week! 

[Deleted]

Sept 10, 2013 15:05:09 GMT -5 TheHaitian said:

4 nights a week between work and school I don't get home till 10:30.

The other 4 nights I either spend studying, sleeping or a combos o studying/sleeping.

You have 8 day weeks?

[Deleted]

Beth beat me to it!

[Deleted]

Swamp needs an 8 day week.

[sapphire12]

In the summer, before I tore my rotator cuff, I would play tennis 2 to 3 days a week after work. This summer, I've just been lounging since PT ended.
Sept - May, I have assorted community service stuff. Tonight I have two conference calls. Oh joy.
When I have free time, I might exercise, I might watch TV, I might be online.
Ideally, I'll be sleep by 10:30 so I can get 6 hours of sleep. My alarm is set for 4:45. Most mornings, I wake up before the alarm.

In the past, I've been in school, so I also had homework or studying to do in addition to whatever else I might be doing.

[Deleted]

Sept 10, 2013 15:13:40 GMT -5 Wisconsin Beth said:

Sept 10, 2013 15:05:09 GMT -5 TheHaitian said:

4 nights a week between work and school I don't get home till 10:30.

The other 4 nights I either spend studying, sleeping or a combos o studying/sleeping.

Wow, you've got an 8 day week! 

Yep, that is how tired I am

The other 3 nights;)

[vonna]

Sept 10, 2013 14:49:13 GMT -5 Peace Of Mind said:

  Then we just do it in front of our friends. 

Do they watch, or join in? 

[swamp]

Sometimes I work since I have town board meetings or justice court at night. Sometimes I have meetings for the service club I'm in.

[Miss Tequila]

Sept 10, 2013 15:05:09 GMT -5 TheHaitian said:

4 nights a week between work and school I don't get home till 10:30.

The other 4 nights I either spend studying, sleeping or a combos o studying/sleeping.

I need Carl's calendar....I can use an extra day a week :-p

[Miss Tequila]

Damn it...I should have read through before I busted on Carl!

[lexxy703]

Lets see I come home, change into comfy clothes, pour a drink, read for a bit, then turn on the tv, pack my lunch for the next day, go to bed.  Some nights I do laundry or take out the garbage as needed.

[HoneyBBQ]

Great, now I have a Beatles ear-worm. 

[muttleynfelix]

I get home from work around 6, maybe a little earlier. I get in the house and get mobbed by a 3.5 year old and 8 month old. The 8 month old immediately starts crying as soon as she sees me.  I cuddle them for a few minutes and hope I can get out of my work clothes without DD screaming.  I get changed, then we eat supper. Once supper is over, we usually play for 20-30 minutes. If DS needs a shower, we'll do it then (sometimes he showers with DH in the morning). The kids are in bed by 8pm.  I may bring some work and work on it from 8-10, I may read, I may watch TV or at least one night a week I need to prep for teaching Sunday School. Since spending a week in the hospital, I am absolutely done by 10pm.  So, I've been trying to make my way to bed around 9:30. My alarm goes off at 6. MWF I have to take DS to preschool and that means getting him up, dressed, and fed and out the door at the absolute latest by 7:30. T, TH is a little more relaxed because it is just me, but I still need to leave for work at 7:40. Once I'm sure I'm feeling good, I need to start getting up at 5:30 again to work out.

[Phoenix84]

Sept 10, 2013 14:44:13 GMT -5 kittensaver said:

Hit the treadmill (at home), Yoga class (in the community), sometimes shopping (if I didn't get it done on the weekend or on the way home), puttering around the house, craft projects, knitting, reading, watching the cooking shows on PBS. Working on my plot in the community garden if it's summer and still light outside. But clearly not all of these things on the same night! I too need enough sleep to function, so I'm always in bed between 9:30-10, up at 6-6:30. Yeah not glamorous but it works for me. 

My visions of your life being full of non stop action and heart pounding excitment being the superwoman of cats has just be dashed. 

[sarcasticgirl]

walk the dog
workout
make dinner
eat dinner/have some wine
clean up casa sarcastic 
relax, watch some tv/ take a bath/shower/read/whatever.

sometimes I go out to dinner with DH or meet up with a friend.  

[kittensaver]

Sept 10, 2013 16:34:03 GMT -5 Phoenix84 said:

Sept 10, 2013 14:44:13 GMT -5 kittensaver said:

Hit the treadmill (at home), Yoga class (in the community), sometimes shopping (if I didn't get it done on the weekend or on the way home), puttering around the house, craft projects, knitting, reading, watching the cooking shows on PBS. Working on my plot in the community garden if it's summer and still light outside. But clearly not all of these things on the same night! I too need enough sleep to function, so I'm always in bed between 9:30-10, up at 6-6:30. Yeah not glamorous but it works for me. 

My visions of your life being full of non stop action and heart pounding excitment being the superwoman of cats has just be dashed. 

So sorry to let you down, Phoenix. I like DH and my quiet little life

[phartmoore1]

Sitting around in my Kilt, drinking Wine. (But don't tell my master.)

[zibazinski]

Messing with the yard. Something always needs to be done. The spot lights need working on, the roses need dead heading. Is endless. The ONLY good thing about winter is they freakin die for awhile!

[Deleted]

I have a routine like most people do.

I teach what is called zero period so I have to be at school by 7:10.  I am actually there at 6:45 and sometimes earlier.  I need to turn the projector on (not an easy task . . . often takes 5 minutes), set up whatever websites, put my lunch away, maybe copy some last minute thing, check my email, etc.  The kids actually start arriving at 7:00.  I am big on punctuality this year so  almost all the students arrive by 7:10.  I go stand out in the hall about that time to greet the "latecomers" who really aren't.  Last year was my first zero period year so I got totally blown off by my students.  Never again.

I get out of school usually at 2:30.  If I don't have errands, I stay about 15 minutes to tidy stuff up, and then I go home.  I get home at 3:00.  I walk the dog, feed her, and empty the dehumidifier.  Dh agrees to play a game of either Yahtzee or pool (my unwind time), and we have a couple of drinks.

We eat supper.  Sometimes I cook, and sometimes I don't.  Tonight he made himself pasta, and I made myself soup.

At 8 o'clock I adjourn to the bedroom (after a bath).  I take the dog with me.  I go to sleep about 9 or 9:30.  My family knows not to call after 9.  We watch tv or I read.  I have been trying to go to bed later (9:30) because I have been waking up around 4.  That is mostly the dog's fault because she starts grooming herself.  She only has to have her tummy rubbed and be rolled over, and SHE goes back to sleep.  I am not so lucky.

Technically, I get up at 5.  The truth is that since the dog wakes me up at 4, I stay in bed until 4:45.  I have to force myself.

Then I rinse and repeat my previous day.

You are welcome.  This very boring account of a day has been brought to you by Phoenix.  It isn't HIS fault that I am boring, but he asked so it is his fault I bored you.

 

[swamp]

Sept 10, 2013 19:08:29 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Messing with the yard. Something always needs to be done. The spot lights need working on, the roses need dead heading. Is endless. The ONLY good thing about winter is they freakin die for awhile!

Crap, I forgot about the garden. I pull weeds. 

I also need to work on teaching the kids to ride their bikes.  

[thyme4change]

I watch TV.

Sometimes I do chores, grocery shop, laundry, etc.  I also have to run the kids around - but that is usually a 10 minute round trip pick-up.  But I always watch TV before I go to bed.  I need something to distract me in order to calm down.  

I get up between 4:45 and 5:30, so I try to be powered down by 10.  At least twice a week it ends up being later.

[Otto the Orange]

Sept 10, 2013 15:14:30 GMT -5 @justaposter said:

Sept 10, 2013 15:05:09 GMT -5 TheHaitian said:

4 nights a week between work and school I don't get home till 10:30.

The other 4 nights I either spend studying, sleeping or a combos o studying/sleeping.

You have 8 day weeks?

Haven't you heard the Beatles song?


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[Otto the Orange]

depends if I gym after dinner or straight after work

typically home by 5:45 PM

by 6:30 done with dinner and heading to gym

7:45-ish done with gym

8 PM returned home

watch TV for about an hour

9 PM walk dog, call mom

10 PM hit the rack

[skubikky]

Workout,  ride my horse then get home and make dinner, do laundry,  clean,  spend time with DH....there's always something that needs doing.

[cael]

It kind of depends on the night, the mood I'm in and how much sleep I've been getting. I get out of work at 4 M-W and I live a few miles from work so I'm home early. sometimes I do errands or shopping right after work, sometimes I go home and chill for a while. Usually during the week I go rock climbing one night, band practice another night, and now I'm going to be in orchestra rehearsal every Monday night. I go to yoga at my local Y sometimes and I jog right after work sometimes. I work a long day Thursdays so usually just go home, but get out at noon Fridays so I can get more stuff done on Friday.

Problem I have is all the regular things I'm going to be doing now (band, orchestra and climbing) are all a minimum half hour away and band is in Boston, so the driving tires me out by the time I get home. Once I get home I usually just watch TV for a while, maybe knit while I watch, do the dishes or some other minor chore, play with the cat (she gets amped up at night) then go to bed. I used to try to be in bed around 10 but now I'm lucky if it's 11 every night. I'm tired a lot, but I figure I should extend myself and do things now, because when I do have kids I'll be lucky if I can keep doing any of this stuff (oh and if I ever start graduate school I'll also be lucky if I can still do anything else)

[Deleted]

YAY on making the orchestra cael!


My nights? I don't get home until close to 6, so typically they go like this:
make dinner/make DS's dinner while staving him off with a few little nutritious snacks (he is a holy terror when hungry and patience is a foreign concept to him)
feed DS/eat
do dishes/finish eating
throw some laundry in maybe
sit with DS and watch Dora to wind him down
start getting him ready for bed (if it's my night to do so)
if not I work out if I have the energy - otherwise I clean up more after dinner/fold laundry, watch Netflix/play online games/play on my tablet until maybe 10:30-11. Then I go to sleep. I have to be up no later than 6am to leave the house as close to 7 as possible (work starts at 8 and it takes me about an hour to get there).

[Deleted]

Sept 11, 2013 7:44:03 GMT -5 cael said:

It kind of depends on the night, the mood I'm in and how much sleep I've been getting. I get out of work at 4 M-W and I live a few miles from work so I'm home early. sometimes I do errands or shopping right after work, sometimes I go home and chill for a while. Usually during the week I go rock climbing one night, band practice another night, and now I'm going to be in orchestra rehearsal every Monday night. I go to yoga at my local Y sometimes and I jog right after work sometimes. I work a long day Thursdays so usually just go home, but get out at noon Fridays so I can get more stuff done on Friday.

Problem I have is all the regular things I'm going to be doing now (band, orchestra and climbing) are all a minimum half hour away and band is in Boston, so the driving tires me out by the time I get home. Once I get home I usually just watch TV for a while, maybe knit while I watch, do the dishes or some other minor chore, play with the cat (she gets amped up at night) then go to bed. I used to try to be in bed around 10 but now I'm lucky if it's 11 every night. I'm tired a lot, but I figure I should extend myself and do things now, because when I do have kids I'll be lucky if I can keep doing any of this stuff (oh and if I ever start graduate school I'll also be lucky if I can still do anything else)

what do you play?

[kcladyjane]

I am getting ready to purchase a bike so I plan to spend at least an hour each evening riding.  We watch tv some, I read some, take my dog for walks, laundry, dishes, etc.  I need to drop some pounds so I am hoping the biking will help!  I hate running...

[cael]

Thanks Jen! I'm excited Arch I play violin... oh and for band, guitar, but I'm still learning and still suck. I just like turning the amp up as loud as it'll go and putting on as much distortion as I can and whaling away