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It's always fun to talk about morning routines, and it's been far too long. In the past, we've discussed morning routines for successful people, whether you take “me” time in the morning or just go to work, and of course the morning routine once you get to work.
Just a reminder before we start the discussion: There is no right way to have a morning routine, and it's OK if you're still struggling to find it in these unprecedented times. There are all these articles floating around the web that make you feel awful if you're not reading four newspapers / doing 90 minutes of exercise / meditating for an hour / scaling tall buildings with a single bound, all before 8:00 a.m., silly!
We asked the Corporette writers what their morning routines are — what are yours?
Elizabeth's Morning Routine
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6:30–7:00: I am not a morning person, but I’ve discovered recently that mornings are a little more bearable when I carve out some time for something I enjoy. Lately, that’s meant waking up half an hour earlier to watch TV, read a book, or listen to a podcast. I’d love to be a morning exerciser, but that’s just not going to happen.
7:00–7:15: Check email and listen to the news. I like NPR’s Up First podcast for a good summary.
7:15–8:00: Shower, blow-dry hair, put on makeup. If I’m going to the office, I’ll just do undereye concealer, fill in my eyebrows, and put on mascara, because I hate getting makeup all over my mask.
8:00–8:10: If it’s an in-office day, pack up my breakfast and lunch (all prepared the night before).
8:10–8:30: Commute to work.
8:30–9:00: Settle into the office, and eat breakfast at my desk while scanning emails and triaging that day’s to-do list. Whether I’m in the office or working from home, I usually touch base with my secretary to tell her what I have going on that day and what I’ll need her help with, so she can figure out how to prioritize any other projects.
9:00: Off to the races!
Ann's Morning Routine (Friday, February 12)
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6:30: Wake up. This morning was a little different from my usual Friday morning routine. Most Fridays, I am up by 5:30 (so 6:30 is sleeping in) so I have time to eat a “pre-breakfast” (cereal with milk and a cup of tea) and read the news before heading to the ice arena. I’ve been figure skating since I was a kid — now that I am working from home, I have more time to skate so I go most mornings during the week. However, the weather was looking dicey (I don't like driving in snow and ice) so I skipped this morning.
6:45–7:15: Make breakfast for everyone. On the days I don’t skate, I am in charge of breakfast (my husband makes breakfast all the other days). Since it was Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day was coming up, I decided to make a “fancy” breakfast — chocolate waffles. I also make oatmeal, eggs, and tea. My husband wakes up and does his workout (usually a HIIT workout video or riding our spin bike).
7:15–7:45: Go wake up my oldest. She gets herself dressed and then we eat breakfast together and chat. My husband finishes his workout and gets in the shower.
7:45: The baby is still sleeping so I pack his bag for daycare, do some dishes, and put in a load of laundry for later.
8:00: Go get baby ready. He's now awake so I get him up, changed, and dressed (he has his Valentine’s Day party so I put him in an outfit with hearts). My husband finishes packing our daughter’s backpack, makes sure she does a good job brushing her teeth, and entertains her by DJ'ing Kidz Bop.
8:15: I give the baby his breakfast: a bottle of milk (yes, he is old enough to drink from a sippy cup, but it’s faster and easier to give him milk in a bottle), oatmeal with fruit, an egg, and a bite of chocolate waffle. Unlike our daughter who was a baby trashcan, he’s more particular about what he eats and in what order. My husband walks our oldest to “school” (she attends a program that supervises her while she attends online school).
8:45: The baby always takes a long time to eat, so we’re finally ready to leave. I wash him up and wrestle him into his shoes and car seat. After screaming about getting into the car seat, he settles down and babbles all the way to daycare.
9:00: Daycare drop-off. As usual, he gives a half-hearted wave bye-bye.
9:15: Back home (I aspire to start work by 9:00, but it usually ends up being 9:15). I start the laundry, grab my tea, and put on makeup (a rare occurrence — I have a big Zoom meeting later). Then I sit down and start work — phew, I’ve been up for almost three hours already!
Kate's Morning Routine (In-Person School Day)
In this delightful (read: “horrible”) time of hybrid learning, my son, who's in elementary school, is only in the school building two days a week (along with half of his class) and otherwise attends virtually. Here's my usual morning routine for a non-virtual school day:
7:00: My alarm goes off. I use phone alarms and an alarm clock like this one that Kat recommended, but waking up and getting out of bed has been pretty rough during These Unprecedented Times. Ideally, I would wake up at 6:00ish to work out and shower, but I usually do these things later in the day (uh, on the days I actually exercise). I do miscellaneous things once I get up, like throw my son's masks in the dryer if I forgot the night before.
7:30: My son's alarm goes off, and I make sure he's getting up. I put on my “mom dropping off kid at school” outfit of sweatshirt + sweatpants.
8:00: I make sure my son is at the table for breakfast by now, and I give him something like toast with veggie sausages.
8:00–8:30: My husband is either getting ready or has left by now, so I do “morning mom stuff” while listening to energy-boosting music: make my son's lunch, get his water bottle, and prepare a snack; sign his planner; pack his backpack; take his temperature and fill out the school health form online; and so on. (I really need to involve him in more of this but haven't gotten there yet, mostly because it's much faster to do these things myself.) Then I clean up the resulting clutter and kill time while waiting for him to get dressed, brush teeth, etc.
8:50: We leave the house for my school. (The buses are running this year, but the district asked parents to drive if they can to make the buses less crowded.)
9:00ish: I usually eat breakfast when I get home: plain Cheerios, cocoa-chia granola, peanut butter granola, and milk. Yum. (Have you seen our post on eating the same food all the time? I never get bored of this meal.) I do something on my phone while I eat — scroll Twitter, etc.
By 9:30, I can finally start working. Or, if I'm going to leave the house that day for something other than school pickup (not too often over the past year, of course), I shower and put on something like jeans and a sweater. I keep my (very simple) Before Times routine of SPF 15 moisturizer, mascara, and brow powder.
On virtual school days, though, all bets are off. It's not pretty. I really need to build more structure into those days for both of us.
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Kat's Morning Routine
My morning routine is not great these days and hasn't been for a few years thanks to my youngest, who often wakes me up in the pre-dawn hours. In general, if it's after 5:00 my husband deals with him; if it's before 5:00 I try to. My son is getting a lot better about it as he gets older, thankfully.
{related, on CorporetteMoms: Larks vs. Owls: How Do You Deal When You and Your Husband (or Kids) Have a Different Internal Clock?}
In general, I get up around 7:00 and wake up by scrolling social media (not great!). I brush my teeth and generally put on workout clothes first thing.
I grab some water, black coffee, and vitamins before working out. I take D-3 and B12, and I just started these mood probiotics, basically on a lark. (I DO seem to be in a better mood lately but WHO KNOWS.) I've also been adding MCT oil to my coffee for a few weeks, but I can't bring myself to do the cocoa butter chips/whipped coffee for an actual Bulletproof coffee.
I have to really visualize what workout I want to do the night before in order to get it done. Very, very occasionally I’ll switch lifting or cardio to yoga, but if I’ve determined I’m working out I generally manage to get it done, at least as much as I can do before I have to turn to the kids.
Sometimes I can get a full shower in; sometimes I just wash my face and do a quick rinse. I prefer showering at night if I don’t care how my hair will look.
We’re doing virtual school this year; from 9:00 to 12:00 my husband and I tap in and out with our first grader as patience/work requires; then one of the grandparents thankfully takes over.
I have alarms on my phone to remind me to check comments on Corporette on a regular basis. I sometimes manage to do some light editing or research/shopping while “supervising” my youngest, but beyond that I almost never get to work until 11:00 or 11:30.
I’m not intentionally doing intermittent fasting, but I do try to drink a 32oz carafe of water before eating anything; this generally puts my first meal around 11:30. Lately I've been eating yogurt with fruit, but in the past I've had smaller mini-meals (string cheese) or just gone straight to a big brunch omelet meal.
Readers, do tell: What are your morning routines like? What tips and tricks do you have for making things go more smoothly?
Some of our latest favorite books on productivity, below:
annette
I’ve posted this here before, but having a morning routine really helps with my depression. I don’t always actually do it, but this is what it would ideally be. And its written down in steps because I literally have a checklist for myself.
– Get up soon after my alarm
– Change into gym clothes
– Exercise! These days, it’s just a walk, although if I could go to a gym it would be more.
– Shower, use nice body wash
– Get dressed, hair, etc
– Have a cup of tea and breakfast (oatmeal / cereal) while reading a book or otherwise not on my phone.
annette
I could do with an afternoon routine tbh – this morning routine psychs me up for 6 hours, but I really feel the ick coming back by 2 or 3pm
Cb
Ooh, I’ve been doing a cup of tea, a bit of chocolate, and a few pages of a book (poetry or short stories so I don’t get too engrossed) as an afternoon pick me up. The sun hits my office at that time and I move to sit in a comfy chair.
Sloan Sabbith
When I was in the office I had an afternoon routine around 2-2:30:
– Work for an hour or two after lunch
– Leave and walk to the coffee shop at the corner
– Get a latte and either sit and read for 10 minutes (if it’s pouring rain) or go take a quick walk around the park by work
It was quick, I was never out for more than 15-20 minutes max but it helped me feel good to go for the rest of the day.
Sara
+1
Friday
I’m not proud of it, but here’s my quarantine AM routine: Turn off alarm (6AM), stay in bed until kiddo comes down to rouse me, roll out of bed, pour coffee that DH has made, snuggle kiddo on the couch for a few minutes, unload the dishwasher, pack kiddo’s lunch for day care, log onto work computer to check email (between 8 and 8:30) and it’s off to the races from there. I usually shower between 9AM and 10AM. I have a hard stop at 4PM to pick up kiddo from day care and then work out.
Cb
Honestly, that’s similar to ours. I love those morning snuggles with my toddler, one of the only lockdown bonuses.
nuqotw
6:27? Open eyes. Someone is helping me open them, usually by yelling “MOMMY!” but possibly by prodding my face with surprisingly strong child fingers.
6:28: Refuse to let the eye helper snuggle in bed with me until he has used the toilet.
6:29: Child returns from toilet. Invite him into bed.
6:30: Alarm goes off. Hit snooze by mistake as I try to keep my phone away from the child.
6:33: Snuggles are boring! Time to wriggle and kick!
6:34: Vainly attempt to persuade child to snuggle.
6:35: Other child arrives in the room and looks for something to take apart, the more pieces the better. Bolt out of bed to take it away.
6:37: Herd children downstairs.
6:39: Alarm again. Turn it off this time.
6:40: Attempt to make coffee and kids’ breakfasts all at once. The kids comment on my slower than light speed culinary technique in the hopes that I will hurry up already! I hand them the box of cereal while I refrain from pointing out it doesn’t take me 23 minutes to brush my teeth at night.
6:56: Kids have inhaled their breakfasts. I am drinking coffee. Kids sense I am focused on coffee are instantly hungry anew.
7:05: Tell kids it’s time to get dressed. Kids stage a revolt due to my tyrannical demands. We HATE Mommy!
7:06: Go upstairs to get ready for work, including shower if I didn’t last night. Wake up spouse. He has some sleep issues that make it hard to go to sleep so I try to let him sleep “late” in the morning.
7:41: Leave for work.
Kids are heartbroken. Kids cling to me. I hope they are not wiping their noses on my nice clothes. We LOVE Mommy! Don’t go! Why do you need to go to work?
Sloan Sabbith
This made me LOL.
Senior Attorney
This made me LOL.
Anon.
I love you.
Senior Attorney
Get out of bed at 6:30 or 6:45 (or 7:00 if I’m being honest), make the bed immediately
Hubby does outside chores including backing my car out of the garage and down the long driveway, which I hate, while I make breakfast which is usually fruit or avocado toast.
Hubby comes in with the newspaper, we have coffee and breakfast and play Jeopardy! on Alexa (“Congratulations! You scored in the top ten percent of players today!”)
I feed the kitties and attend to their litterboxes while he unloads the dishwasher, then we both have a little computer time until 7:30 or 7:45 for me, maybe a bit earlier or later for him depending on whether he has a court appearance
Shower/hair/makeup/clothes
I’m out the door no later than 8:15, he is usually close to that but sometimes earlier or later
Senior Attorney
Can’t figure out what on earth about this post landed it in moderation…
Lobby-est
He backs your car out?! Wow. #couple goals!
Cb
Our morning routine has gone a bit wonky since we’re home all the time.
When it’s my husband’s day to work (we started alternating days rather than splitting days this lockdown and it is miles better), we wake up at 7:30 and have a cup of tea in bed, he starts work from bed at 8, and normally our toddler joins us around then for stories. He relocates into his office for his 9:30 call. Toddler and I head downstairs, make breakfast and more tea, delivering some to my husband’s office and then head back up to play, get dressed and brush teeth. We all take a “coffee break” around 10:30.
On my days to work, we let the toddler wake us up, tea and stories in bed, I get dressed and head to my sunroom office (my husband turns the space heater and electric blanket earlier), husband and son make breakfast and deliver to my desk.
Next week, childcare returns so we’ll wake around 6 (which will be brutal), get toddler up and fed at about 6:30, and husband and toddler will leave at 7:30. They’ll drive to nursery for 8am dropoffs. 3 days a week my husband will drive home (about 30 minutes), and to the office one day a week. I’m hoping to use this time for a bit of personal time, as I’ve been sorely lacking it for the last 11 months.
anon
If I wake up before my alarm, I stay in bed and read.
6:40: alarm goes off
6:50: get out of bed
6:50-7:30: put away clean dishes, feed cat, help with Kid’s breakfast and getting dressed
7:30: DH and Kiddo leave for school
7:30-7:50: eat my breakfast and have coffee, usually with a book
7:50-8:00: load dirty dishes in dishwasher, tidy kitchen
8:00-8:45: get ready for work
8:45-9:00: talk to DH about the day (appointments, tasks, etc.)
9:00: leave for work
Senior Attorney
I do the same thing — stay in bed and read if I wake up before the alarm. I love it when that happens!
Sloan Sabbith
8:20-8:30ish: Alarm. Ideally, get up. Realistically, lay in bed until 8:40 or so
8:40-9: Nebulize. I nebulizer albuterol twice a day. I finally started bringing two neb cups to my room with me at night so I don’t have to go get one.
9-9:25: Eat
9:30ish: Start work
I’d like to work in a morning workout, but that’s just not who I am. I sleep as late as possible. I shower every other day, which is after nebulizing but before eating. My work is super flexible about when we start so I don’t worry about it too much.
During normal times it’s more like 6:40 AM wakeup and includes walking the dog. Right now we’re at my parents so he and my parents’ dog just go play in the yard for a bit.
Ribena
Alarm at 6.40
Stare at the ceiling and wish I could hibernate til ‘all this is over’
Drag myself out of bed some time between 6.45 and 7.15 and put on workout clothes
Do as much of a workout as I have time for
Make coffee
Shower and hair wash, Chuck on some clothes
Second coffee and breakfast, in the kitchen if I have time or at my desk if I’m running late.
Anon
Right now, I’m mostly wfh but going into the office 1-2x a week. No kids/pets/anything to take care of.
WFH Days:
7:10 – 7:20: alarms/snoozing/scrolling on phone.
7:30- Workout. Usually a 30 min spin or strength workout on the Peleton app.
8:00- Shower
8:05- Skincare/makeup/hair/brush teeth. I do this while coffee is brewing and I listen to Up First while I get ready.
8:15- Stretch. Make bed. Get dressed.
I try to log on at 8:30. I’ll take from 8:30-9 to go through emails, read the news, etc. while I have my coffee and breakfast (ever since I started working, I’ve eaten my breakfast at work).
My routine is very low key – I started wearing basic makeup again (like bb cream and mascara) because I felt like it, but I could show up to all of my calls with no make up and wet hair and no one would care. In fact, I do start every day with wet hair – “doing my hair” above means taking 30 seconds to add product to it and brushing it. I’ve started wearing “nice tops” (aka sweaters instead of a fleece quarter zip) with leggings, since I realized I had all of these clothes I wasn’t wearing. I do always wear fun earrings though to jazz things up! I do layout both workout and work clothes the night before to make the mornings a little smoother.
On days I go into the office, I do the same routine just wake up 20 minutes earlier (my commute is a 15 min bike ride!). On days I don’t work out I either sleep in, snooze for way too long, or take a walk/go grab coffee during that time.
Anonymous
Not proud of it, but here’s my actual schedule in my full-time WFH pandemic life.
Alarm goes off at 7:30. Hit snooze repeatedly until ~8:45 (or 8:15 if I have to wash my hair). Sometimes read the news in that time, sometimes just lay there.
8:46 – Put on deodorant.
8:47 – Put on clean clothes.
8:50 – Brush teeth.
8:52 – Pour a bowl of cereal. Eat it.
9:00 – Turn on laptop and start another day full of Zoom calls.
BeenThatGuy
Earlier today, Senior Attorney mentioned baking as being a “pandemic cliché” and I thought it might be fun to start a thread about other things we’ve learned in the last year.
My pandemic cliché is I always thought I wanted a job where I worked from home. I can cross that off my future list! And I can say with confidence that I’m retiring all my 3-4″ stilettos . Having comfortable feet the last year, even when I do go to the office on occasion, is a huge relief. Carrie Bradshaw who? Never again.
Senior Attorney
Amen to that! I have completely changed my shoe game! Yesterday I wore my snakeskin sneakers to work and it was great. NO MORE SORE FEET!
Also I am completely over the whole “third piece” thing. If I am wearing a top and a bottom with the aforementioned comfortable shoes, I’ve done my job.
Friday
1. My kid is too extroverted for me to home school (something I had considered pre-pandemic).
2. I love WFH and will never take another butt-in-seat job if I can help it.
3. I am actually a decent cook when I have all afternoon to plan for dinner.
4. Moving to the suburbs was a good choice for us.
5. I hate wearing leggings. Don’t care if anyone else wears them 24/7 – mine are for cold weather workouts only.
Tea/Coffee
I started running because it’s literally the only thing I can do where members of my family don’t demand to come with me.
i saw a meme about taking off your daytime pajamas and putting on your evening pajamas… really resonated as I have “day leggings” and “only suitable for pjs” leggings. as well as “for workouts” leggings. They are all solid black and I am the only person on earth who can tell the difference, except for the very old see-though ones.
Had a very weird convo with my (old school, traditional) boss who admitted to wearing pajama pants when he WFH.
MagicUnicorn
Comfy shoes forever! And no more schlepping a giant shoulder-aching purse full of crap!
I have not worn actual dress clothes in nearly a year, but I already know future clothing purchases will place a much greater emphasis on functional pockets. Joggers have me spoiled.
Anon
My marriage is happier when my partner and I have more time spent independently.
Tea/Coffee
AM routine has definitely shifted over the past 11 months, but I’ve always been an early bird so this is actually not hideous for me.
4a (yes, really) – alarm goes off. I get dressed and scroll through the news, this legit eats up 30 mins and I am trying to cut down. Eat a quick breakfast, drink coffee, make a pot of tea.
5a – start working. This is nice because I get several hours of uninterrupted focus time. No meetings! No phone calls! i delay-send all emails so they show up in other people’s inboxes at 7a (a perfectly acceptable time at my Co).
7a – I head out for a run – or – my boss calls (also an early bird) and I silently groan. Kids and hubby are starting to wake up.
8a – Finished running, kids and hubby are usually finishing breakfast. Quick AM walk with the kids and then I jump in the shower. God bless zoom, nobody can tell that my hair is wet.
9a – kids log on to school and I log back on to work.
If it’s not nice enough to run outside for whatever reason, I work out in the basement and take a quick shower, roughly 5-6a. If I’m going into the office, I cut the workout a little bit short in order to have time to dry my hair :-)
best part: I have started making a point of drinking my single cup of coffee very meditative-ly. I don’t do anything else, just drink coffee and try not to think. I might listen to music without words. I only get to have one cup of coffee b/c it’s become apparent that caffeine does weird things to my sleep and my hormones.
this is sustainable for me (except kids need to go to school!) and the only real change I foresee is that the timing of my outdoor runs will shift seasonally. It’s actually been really great to have 2 dependable hours of focused work time and it leads to a calmer me throughout the day, because I’ve already accomplished (something).
Anon
I am with you on eating up too much time reading the news! I listen to Up First, read the Skimm, read CNN’s 5 things, and then start reading the news – usually ~10 articles from my local paper, NYT, and Washington Post…
Anon
Every once in a while, I find myself waking up around 5 and not able to sleep, so I’ve been trying to make myself get up and go running then. Otherwise, my alarm goes off at 5:51 (I’ve somehow convinced myself that setting the alarm for an even number is bad for some reason). I hit snooze, and get up 10-15 minutes later. While I shower and dress, my husband gets up and gets the kids up and dressed. I head down and eat breakfast with the kids and say good byes; he takes them to the bus at 6:40. I fix my lunch (leftovers), then go back up and fix my makeup, hair, jewelry, brush teeth. I usually leave the house about 7:20, and get to work around 7:45.
At work, I get a tea and water, then settle into my desk. And then I usually do a little settling in, surfing the news, checking email, and sort of wasting time for a little before really tucking in to my work.
anon
SNK, WFH. The most important part of my morning routine is about the night before – making a list for the next day, setting priorities, getting my thoughts in order. This actually enables me to have a ‘morning’ that isn’t immediately freaking out.
-Wake up after hitting snooze once or twice (not a morning person…)
-Water with lemon while heating electric kettle
-Change into gym clothes
-Make french press & stretch while it’s brewing (~4min)
-Have first coffee while revisiting list for the workday
-Go for a ~20 min walk, clear head, get motivated about getting stuff done
-More coffee and down to work. I work basically 10-2 right now, then go for a quick run/eat/shower/do errands, then again ~7-10, when I get a ‘second wave’. The last thing I do is list-making/planning then stretching again.
I try to match when I expect myself to be productive against when I am naturally focused, and plan what kind of activities against how my brain normally performs (so free thinking/planning/sketching big ideas first thing, then heavy integration/writing tasks, in 2nd wave just gap-filling and admin) and plan my workday around when I will feel restless and need to get out.
Anon
This would be a great schedule for me if I worked 7 hours a day. Alas, it is not so.
KW
-alarm goes off at 5:30, up by 5:45
-wash face, brush teeth, makeup, hair, get dressed done by 6:30 (I shower at night)
-wake up 9 yo at 6:30 to get ready for school
-wake up 2 yo at 6:45 and carry him downstairs, get him some milk
-make breakfast for 9 yo to start eating (hopefully) by 7:00
-while 9 yo is eating breakfast, I change and dress 2 yo, make and drink a protein shake, and get our stuff loaded in the car
-leave house around 7:30 drop 9 yo off at school, 2 yo off at daycare, and get to work by 8:30
(DH is only in charge of himself in the mornings these days because he currently has a temporary 1 hour commute; otherwise, he helps with the kids in the mornings)
Christie
When the time changed in the fall, I realized I wasn’t getting any exercise on weekdays (I am a morning person and previously went for walks in my neighborhood when I woke up, but didn’t feel comfortable walking alone in the dark). I asked a neighbor who is a way more dedicated exerciser than I, and also a morning person, whether she was going out in the morning and I now have a walking partner every M, W, F.
I get up at 4:45 AM, get dressed and wake up, meet my neighbor at 5:15 AM, walk for about 1 1/2 hours (about 5 miles), come home and shower. My son is usually getting up around the time I am having my morning coffee. I help my son get breakfast and pack his lunch for school and I head out to take him to school around 8:15 AM and I am home around 9 AM and get to work. The exercise really gives me an energy boost and it feels great to have it done for the day!
On days I don’t exercise, I don’t get up as early but still wake between 5-6 AM, and will either read (I love these days!) or may work an hour or two before my son wakes, which is especially helpful on days school is closed or delayed due to weather.
Lysa
545-615 Wake up without alarm. I’m a lark. My 11-year old is also a lark. He’s often up at 6-630 drawing, finishing homework, reading, or playing video games. In the Before Times I’d never allow the games, but I’m more relaxed about screen time. Maybe too relaxed IDK? Sometimes I get snuggles! That’s a tween mum win :)
6-615 I make coffee and then get ready. I work in healthcare so I shower at night. Exercise is also at night, yoga or Pilates at home. Wash face and put makeup on only for zoom or in person days.
615-7 hang out with beloved husband. He struggles to get out of bed (owl) and needs a good hour of podcasts/news/hanging out to prepare for the day. I have GF granola or poached eggs no toast every day.
7-730 Feed 11-year old. He eats a lot. It’s a process. I also make family lunches and prepare kid backpacks.
8 On my 2 “in person days” I leave at 8. (Every 4 weeks I start work at 8AM every day AT work and work a few nights, so that’s Blargh.)
745-835 Wake up 8 year old. She is an owl. By “wake up” I mean snuggle her to coax awake, drag her half asleep down stairs where she falls asleep in another random place. Poke her awake again and insert food into mouth. After food she’s lovely and bright. She dresses self and gets ready for school. Dubious tooth brushing.
835-845 get snow gear on children because Winter
845 kids walk to school with Beloved husband and nuisance dog. I get to work. With nuisance cat.