A Day in the Life

My two blog regrets are 1) that I didn't start sooner. It would be awesome to have a record of those early days with twins and then 3 under 2. And 2) that I didn't do more "day in the life" posts. So, I am going to do one today.

Our days now are much more separate than they were when the kids were small. But, here is a brief one. 

Today, I started work at 6. At 655, Jack left the house to go to cross-country conditioning. It is at a park near our house and Jack biked there. Over the course of about 1.5 hours, he ran seven miles at varying paces. He said the first 3 were good, the last 4 were okay.

Luke woke up around 8 and got himself breakfast (a bagel). Then, he went to camp. This week he is doing a sports camp at the YMCA where they do a different sport each day. Today's sport was basketball, which is his second favorite sport to play (baseball is #1).

Kara babysat from 10 until about 3. She had fun with the kids and at one point was watching 5 little girls. She took three of them to Panera for lunch (within walking distance of our house).

Thomas wasn't feeling great so he called in sick to work and spent the day mostly relaxing. He finished reading the Bourne Identity, which he mostly enjoyed but said is not at all like the movie.

Jack worked a little bit on his Intro to Law class. He is doing two summer classes, just for fun. The other is a financial literacy class that is a new requirement for all Florida high schoolers graduating in 2027 or later. Jack graduates in 2026, so not required for him, but he decided to take it anyway. I also heard him cleaning our outside furniture. And, he finished a science fiction book he was reading. Jack likes to keep busy. I feel like he might be making the rest of us look a little bad. He was getting ready to practice his saxophone when we called him down for dinner. 

Luke got home from camp and did his required Bridge the Gap book (summer learning) then watched Minecraft videos and played Roblox with Anna. He had a lot of fun at camp.

Anna spent much of the day hibernating in her room with her iPad. I did see her around lunchtime, when she made a frozen pizza (which I think she and Jack shared). 

Thomas made an early dinner, salad. We have this salad about once a week: romaine blend with cherry tomatoes, garbanzo beans, corn, tortilla strips, cheese and santa fe chicken. Anna cleaned up after dinner. At 5:30, Jack went to the gym with his friend, Gustavo. Kara and I left for her lacrosse practice, but it started raining and was canceled while we were on the way, so we turned around. The early dinner was for nothing (we often eat early, but not that early). There was a pretty major storm with very bright lightening and loud thunder. Luke said he saw a lightening bolt strike behind our house. (Update, the news said our area got almost 5" of rain, it really was crazy and filled our pool to the brim.)

Often, Anna and I go for an evening walk, but obviously the weather prevented that tonight. Now, Thomas and Luke are watching a baseball game. I just finished a meh book. 

This is a pretty typical weekday in the summer. With Thomas and I working from home, everyone is kind of left to their own devices and its up to them how productive they are going to be. In fairness to Anna, today was a lazy day, but she did spend a lot of time cleaning and organizing her room last week and she went to Volcano Bay yesterday so a day of rest was deserved.  She said she spent a lot of time trying to follow a bracelet tutorial.

We always have dinner together, but we don't have nearly the same level of interaction that we did when the kids were small. After work, I talked with Jack about the book he read and his run this morning. And, we talked with Luke about camp and Kara about babysitting. So, we do have pockets of interaction throughout the day. 

That is a day in our life right now. Not very exciting. Often, the girls and Luke will night swim in the summer, but this storm is not showing any signs of stopping, so likely won't happen tonight. Yesterday, Anna and Kara were still in the pool at 9:45 when I went to bed :)

Our weekends are filled with much more activity. Maybe I will do a "day in the life" on a Saturday or Sunday at some point this summer.