A day well spent
A recent and rare day off my day job:
6 a.m. The wife and I get up, shower, get dressed and have breakfast.
7:55 a.m. We pack up lunches and the laptop, get into my wife's car and head to her preschool. The plan is for me to spend a little time meeting the kids in her class before I head off to the library to do some work.
8:00 - 10:15 a.m. Wind up staying for all of choice time, during which I hear the story of Jonah and the whale according to a couple of boys ("A storm's coming, and Jonah's afraid ... then the whale ate Jonah for lunch!") I also play a game where two girls hold up little plastic animals, and I give them names, beginning with Fred but quickly going to silly names like Jehosophat.
10:15 a.m. - noon. Finally go to the library so I can check e-mail and do freelance work.
Noon - 12:30 p.m. Have a quick lunch with the wife.
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Move into one of the empty classrooms and do some work there. Am invited by one of the kids to join them for nap, but tell him there isn't a mat for me.
2:00 p.m. After nap, the same kid pokes his head in and says, "Want to play?"
2:01 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. I play happily with the small group of afternoon kids until they're all picked up.
Final output for the day: a little bit of work and a lot of much-needed fun. Just what the doctor ordered.
6 a.m. The wife and I get up, shower, get dressed and have breakfast.
7:55 a.m. We pack up lunches and the laptop, get into my wife's car and head to her preschool. The plan is for me to spend a little time meeting the kids in her class before I head off to the library to do some work.
8:00 - 10:15 a.m. Wind up staying for all of choice time, during which I hear the story of Jonah and the whale according to a couple of boys ("A storm's coming, and Jonah's afraid ... then the whale ate Jonah for lunch!") I also play a game where two girls hold up little plastic animals, and I give them names, beginning with Fred but quickly going to silly names like Jehosophat.
10:15 a.m. - noon. Finally go to the library so I can check e-mail and do freelance work.
Noon - 12:30 p.m. Have a quick lunch with the wife.
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Move into one of the empty classrooms and do some work there. Am invited by one of the kids to join them for nap, but tell him there isn't a mat for me.
2:00 p.m. After nap, the same kid pokes his head in and says, "Want to play?"
2:01 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. I play happily with the small group of afternoon kids until they're all picked up.
Final output for the day: a little bit of work and a lot of much-needed fun. Just what the doctor ordered.
