What, this is where the day ends? Stupid planner. Where are the hours of the actual day?

Illustrations: Michal Goren

Victories:

1. Cut down on coffee (nine down from ten)
2. Up to 5% positivity (75 to go)
3. Filled out planner

Gratitudes:

1. Coffee (hazelnut, and chocolate)
2. Work-from-home job
3. Anticipation:

Early night Affirmation:

I am capable of sticking to a schedule and I will not lose track of time.

Schedule:

6:00: Wake up

6:30: Wake up

7:00: Wake up

7:30: WAKE UP AND GET FIVE KIDS OUT THE DOOR IN 15 MINUTES

8:00: Work out Coffee

8:30: Daven. Drive all kids who missed buses to school

9:00: Coffee

9:30: Work Feed baby, change diaper, rock to sleep

10:00: Work Rock baby to sleep again

10:30: Work Put up a soup, throw in a load

11:00: WORK (Set phone to DND, threaten baby) Eat breakfast, read news, transfer load

11:30: Coffee

12:00: Organize storage closet Feed and change baby, pick up Suri, dentist

12:30: Work Suri — dentist

1:00: Work Suri — dentist

1:30: Work Suri — dentist

2:00: Work Stop off in bakery to buy Suri a treat, drop off at school, coffee

2:30: Work Email grocery order, sister phone conference to plan sheva brachos, throw in a load

3:00: Bread cutlets, peel and cube potatoes Feed baby, change diaper

3:30: Work Deal with Mendy tantrum, bread cutlets, peel and cube potatoes

4:00: Work Negotiate before-supper snack with Tzippy, Shira, Mendy, transfer load

4:30: Turn off computer. Coffee

5:00: Fry cutlets, mash potatoes, serve supper Feed baby, change diaper

5:30: Fry cutlets, mash potatoes, serve supper

6:00: Toast bread for kids who didn’t eat supper, transfer load

6:30: Homework

7:00: Baths

7:30: Bedtime Ask hubby to write devar Torah for Shira

8:00: Bedtime, supper with hubby Feed and bathe baby

8:30: Bedtime, wash dishes Eat (cold) supper (without hubby, no chicken)

9:00: HOMEWORK, BATHS, BEDTIME OR ELSE (coffee)

What, this is where the day ends? Stupid planner. Where are the hours of the actual day?