Okay, so I bit the bullet...
And I created a schedule for my days. As most of you know, I am not a schedule kinda gal, (others of you might remember the time my husband created a schedule for me, complete with insightful tidbits such as "fix dinner", "run around the house and collect my dirty clothes so I won't have to be bothered doing it", giving me a whole two hours to clean the house, do the laundry and feed the animals, and my favorite, "go to store and make sure to purchase enough pop and cigarettes so that I (meaning him) would not be inconvenienced". He said he was "trying to be helpful"..at least I think that's what he mumbling as he was picking himself and his teeth up off the floor.

Anyway, MY schedule makes sense...on paper. It will be interesting to see if I can pull it off in real life. Anyway, read on:

Kim's Daily Routine - aka I MUST be trippin' - aka What a great attitude! You are doomed to fail! aka - Just list the damn schedule already!

8am - get up, curse the dawn of a new day, make coffee

8:20 - take the kid to school the whole way swearing you AREN'T going to do it again tomorrow

8:30 - take husband to work (see oath above)

9:00 - return home, drink first cup of coffee - check email

9:30 - complain about spam mail, crazy posts on writers groups, write a few reply rants, missives, etc. Drink second cup of coffee.

10-11 - blog (and that's what I am doing right now!)

11 - 12 - shower, get ready for work.

12 - 3:30 work on writing goals, watch soaps (Y&R and ATWT especially)

3:30 - leave for work at the "day job".

3:30-4:30 - curse traffic, the need for the "day job" and the way too small cupholders in my car. Get to work, hang out on the patio for ten minutes then clock in.

4:30 - 1am - listen to people complain about how much their life and technology sucks, take some actual service calls, crochet, work on my loom and work on article ideas.

1:15am - 1:50am - Drive home, drink coffee and shudder at the mess my family (who is now left to their own devices in the evening) has left for me.

1:50-2am - curse the mess greeting me

2am -3am - Watch Roseanne and grab something to eat.

3am - 4am - Clean up above-mentioned mess.

4am - 7am - do any pressing work that is waiting for me, or play games to wind down.

7am - 8am - nap. Unless, of course, I keep my oath and don't take the kid to school or the husband to work. If that's the case, then I will sleep til noon and my whole schedule is shot.

Crud! Even when I'm not trying, I plan my life around them. I'm telling ya, its a sickness!

NOTE: some of you might have noticed that cleaning was not on my schedule. There is a reason for this: I pay Taylor to clean. She likes to do it, she likes the cash, and she is WAY better at it than I am. The only cleaning I do is the dishes, the kitchen floor and the bathroom...only because I am VERY picky about how those things are done. Everything else is Taylor's domain. :-)

Anyway, there is my list. Questions and comments can be sent to Milking the Muse@aol.com

Now, if you will excuse me, I am behind on my coffee consumption...but I am ahead in my blogging, so it all works out! :-)



- posted by Kim @ 10:46 AM