Typical Day

Many of our friends/family wonder how Ginny & I can manage 2 jobs, 2 kids, 1 dog, 1 cat and 2 horses. The answer is, we can't - WE NEED HELP. that's why god invented starbucks i guess.

Here is a glimpse into our daily sleep deprived routine:

5:45 am
- Jack starts waking up, he doesn't seem to care if it's a weekday/weekend - within minutes he's happily making loud sounds, within a few more minutes he's crying. Gene gets up at 6:00 to go to work, but NOT ON WEEKENDS - jack doesn't seem to know this..

6:30 am
- Gene has to leave the house for work, so it's time to see if jack will go back to sleep in his room or swing..

6:45 am
- he usuallly doesn't go back to sleep, which means it's time for Ginny to get up! (hint: ginny not a morning early riser)

6:45 - 8:45
- Poor Ginny has to: feed two horses, nurse jack, get bella up and ready for eithe pre-school or ballet, . chug some chai tea, hope the nanny is on time - and make it out the door.., whew.

9:00 am
- Guess who is finally sleepy, after eveyone has left - that's right - Jack-o.

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

-Gene returns home from work, a 1hr commute. After consuming way too much coffee, and trying to pretend to be alert and active at work. Time to play with the kids though! Jack is all smiles and bella is usually either dancing in a princess outfit, or happily signing a song, or watching a DVD (ie: no time to acknowldege that i'm home)

- Ginny gets home - and we fight over ... i mean 'discuss' who has to feed the horses. Sometimes we just lay on the bed and pary for a house staff to help us out. Oh yeah, somebody has to make dinner

- it's time for jack to get fed (he grunts alot when you start feeding him, very funny). Bella is very picky now about what she eats, unless it's cheese or chips. Ginny and I stare blankley at each other, trying to get a 2nd wind.

7:00 PM
- just as we are getting our 2nd wind, and playing with the kids on the carpet - Jack starts sucking his thumb and looking like i used to the morning after a college party - very tired. Off to bed for Jack Attack.

9:00 PM
- Bella basically never gets tired, but we do - so we go through the bed time routine (including Gene telling her a nightly bedtime story about a fictious willie the monkee'(another story). Soon she is off to bed (note: i didn't say off to sleep).

9:15 PM
- Just as we are starting to chill out in front of the TV for the night, Bella is heard thumping around upstairs - one of us drags our exhausted bodies upstairs to 'talk' to her.

9:30 PM
- (see 9:15PM) repeat

at some point - ginny watches sex in the city and/or greys anatomy. Gene is online checking/obsessing about his fantasy football team, or downloading music.

That's about it, a typical weekday, however i left out the constant leting the pets in/out of the door - and rumballs hogging the couch - somehow we wouldn't want it any other way (ok, maybe we keep the idea of a house staff for cooking/cleaning)