DITL

I've always loved other people's DAY IN THE LIFE blogs.

I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because I get to see that other people are just as much a hot mess as I am. HAHA!

I haven't done a TRUE DITL post, one that actually followed a particular day. Well! You're in luck today! I decided it was a good day to do one of these. It's a work day and I chose to head into the office to work for part of the day. Steve's home with the girls.

Got an early start (for me at least). Up at at 'em before 7am.

Gotta take my pills.

Need my water. This MIO version has caffeine + B vitamins

Sun's not up yet. I love how quiet it is in the mornings before everyone else gets up. As soon as they're all up - it gets LOUD! 

Completed a quick 30 minute upper body routine. Worked out all parts: chest, back, all 3 parts of the delts, arms. I did supersets, so my arms were FALLING OFF when I was done!

I was in the shower by 7:35. It's FREEZING in our house, so I turned on the heater BEFORE I went down to work out. The bathroom was TOASTY for my shower! 

8:15 - dressed and make up on. Time to make some coffee and say hi to the girls. 

What a shitty day.

In the car and toasting my butt. 

Bleh.

Yep - just about 40 minutes to get to work. Since the majority of us are WFH, there's no pressure to get in to the office at any particular time. We technically open at 8am...

Masked up and ready to head in. 

Got a couple things set up today: new laptop stand and my cork board. 

Work, work, work, work, work.

I'm just doing work and have a few meetings/phone calls.  I am then stopping at my mom's house for a late lunch and to pick up some pain meds for Steve. His back is all out of whack again and he hasn't been able to sleep. So hopefully some pain meds will help. 

Spent a few hours in the office. It feels good to be able to focus and crush some work. 

Time to head to mom's house.

She has this crazy red pepper plant. 

After hanging with my mom and sister for maybe 15-20 minutes, it was time to head home. I had to eat lunch and prep for a meeting I had in the afternoon.

I started with this, but the sweet potato/carrot side I got from ALDI was not a hit...

So I made this delicious salad instead. Fresh tomatoes from my garden are just SO good. 

3pm. My conference call view. 

For the next hour I got my stuff organized, checked items off my list and got assigned a few more tasks. I'm loving how busy I am. 

4:30pm. I grabbed my phone so I could still be "online" with my team. Time to take Miss Bella Boo out for our walk. I usually try to do it during lunch but since I was actually at the office...

Gorgeous afternoon for a walk. I heard some noise in the woods...

And I found my family. Building a tree house? 

#grateful

This one bright orange tree is just my fave. 

Time to get dinner ready!

I opted to do a "breakfast for dinner" and leftovers tonight. Something easy for a weekday. 

We were all so hungry I failed to get a picture of our meal! But it was delish nonetheless. 

Dinner was done and cleaned up by 6:15pm.

After dinner I did a quick check in at work. I love having flexibility. 

And then it was FINALLY time to sit and relax.

The girls hadn't been on their tablets/screens all day (other than for school), so it was their turn too, for some quiet time. 

Girls are in bed and I am in bed! Score! 

Haha! I can't relax just yet. 

Not before I do a little work. Benefits of WFH and flexibility. 

I can work anytime, anywhere. It's amazing. 

And I just noticed that Seinfeld is on our TV screens. It's easily Steve's favorite show of all time. 

Bella is one tired girl. We let her snuggle in bed for a bit but she needs to spend the night in her crate. 

Ok, now for real. Time for bed. 6:30 gets here real fast.