A Life in A Day

Day 3 of the January back to work and day 2 back to school. The alarm goes off at 6:30am and it’s a struggle to get up in the cold and dark. I wake my teenage daughters and then head downstairs to put the kettle on. Lunches next and checking school bags/PE kit.

By 8am, the house is quiet, just me and my two cocker spaniels. I switch my laptop on and make another cup of tea.

My dogs go off to doggy daycare at 9am and I leave home to drive to a site meeting. I’m well prepared for the cold with new gloves and thermal socks (a useful Christmas gift), it’s freezing!

The scheme I’m visiting is almost complete with fire safety checks happening today. I’m the project manager on the Council side and this is one of ten schemes currently on site delivering approximately 100 homes for social rent. I love my job, every day is different and it’s never dull!

As I’m preparing to leave, it starts to snow quite heavily and everyone starts to worry about getting home. It doesn’t last long though and I’m soon on my way home.

I get home and log back in, checking my emails before making a sandwich and a hot chocolate. All is quiet in my house and I appreciate the time to focus on my to do list. We are now back in the office 3 days a week so time at home to focus is appreciated.

By 15:45, my eldest daughter is home from school and the dogs have been dropped off. All tired after a busy day.

At 16:30, I log off and go out to pick my youngest daughter and her friend up from cricket practice. I love hearing about their day, the lessons they liked, the ones they hated and the trouble the boys had caused that day.

By 17:15, it’s time to cook dinner before my eldest daughter’s French lesson online. She’s studying for her GCSEs and really enjoys French so is doing extra classes before a trip to Nice in May.

My husband gets in around 17:30 and we share our days while I finish cooking dinner. Cottage pie and veg, a proper winter dinner.

Excitement is mounting as we wait for Traitors to start. One of the contestants lives in our village and was my daughter’s boot camp teacher at primary school so we are fully invested. It’s great to have something to look forward to in January when it’s dark and cold.

By 9:30, we are all heading to bed and thinking about doing it all again tomorrow.