This is a Mon - Fri routine, Fri nights there is always the addition of red wine in the evening, and i stay up til midnight on a Fri night
Get up around 7am (always woken by lively teenager!)
7.05am Drag 1 teenager out of bed
7.06 Kettle on for a brew
7.10 Make packed lunches for teenagers
7.20 Make breakfast for sleepy/grumpy teenager
7.40 Nag sleepy/grumpy teenager to brush teeth and do hair
7.45 Reassure lively teenager that they aren't going to be late for school
7.50 Teenagers go off to school
7.51 Ohhh the silence!
8.00 Make breakfast
8.15 Receive text that teenagers are at school and safe
9.30 What the hell have i done in the past hour.....have no recollection....
9.35 Get washed and ready for the day
10.00 Make beds, generally tidy up
11.00 Take dogs out
11.45 Make another brew
11.50 Sister rings and chews my ear off about pointless things, so i end up zoning out.
12.50 ****! Husband home in half an hour, race around hoovering and moping.....
1.20pm Husband home, make a sandwich and a brew, i ask him how his day has been, he gives me the usual dead pan "living the dream" speech
1.30pm Wash pots, potter around
2.00pm Sit down and enjoy peace and quiet
3.25pm Teenagers back.....silence destroyed!
3.30pm Talk to teenagers about their day
4.30pm Put tea on
5-5.30pm Eat tea
5.45pm Wash pots
6.30pm Take dogs a walk
7.30pm Sit down and either watch tv or play cards
8.30pm Make a hot lemon
9.00pm Let dogs out for a last wee
9.15pm One by one we all drift off to bed
10.00pm Lights out!
Then it starts all over again!