Typical Day, For Reals This Time
I never care much to read blog entries that chronicle someone’s day in a blow-by-blow fashion. I do enjoy amusing anecdotes from a day, to be sure, but the “I did this, then I did this, then I did this” entries don’t hold my interest. Nonetheless, today’s entry is going to be in that vein, but in a more general way, as more then a few people have asked me of late: “Peasprout, what is your typical day like?”
Well, since you asked, it goes a little something like this…
I wake up at about 10:30 am or so. I make my morning commute to work, which is really just walking from the bedroom into the office. Sometimes there may be some traffic– perhaps I left some clothing on the floor– but I usually make it to work in a timely manner.
For the next three or four hours I make and answer phone calls, either touching base about pending events or convincing potential clients to hire me, and respond to e-mails. Every now and then I fax something, and sometimes even prepare letters to send by post.
At around 2:00 I shower, dress, and head out into the world. I head down Telegraph or Shattuck and eat lunch someplace while reading the day’s newspaper. The highlight of lunch is working the New York Times crossword puzzle. Sometimes I eat gelato after lunch.
After lunch, I walk about a mile or so to Ver Brugge, a local butcher, where I buy meat to cook for dinner. I then walk what must be another mile and a half to the Berkeley Bowl, my favorite market, where the produce section boggles the mind. Finally, I walk yet another mile home. By now it’s around 5:00, and time to start cooking.
My girlfriend and I dine together most nights. After dinner, who knows what we’ll do. We see a lot of movies, play a lot of Scrabble, and generally do fun things. Sometimes we just kind of do nothing together, but it seems like something just ‘cuz it’s us; even when we’re together doing nothing it beats a trip to Disneyland. Basically, I have the world’s most wonderful girlfriend. She’s also my best friend, and hands down the most remarkable person I’ve ever known. I bet if you met her you’d think the same thing.
Of course, I relish my “me” time, in which I read, write, play basketball, or hang out with friends. A lot of that time comes later in the evening, for Fizzy sleeps earlier than I do. I’m definitely a night person. I do a lot of reading, writing, DVD watching, and work-related tasks after midnight, and don’t go to bed until perhaps 3:00 am.
And that’s pretty much my day. Not much, really. And you can see why I don’t bore you with a daily recounting of said events: I’d have no readers.
Today’s Question: What is your typical day?
not much of a day. hah.
1. wake up at 530am, morning duties and out the house by 630am
2. on the way to work stop by and get coffee, water and something to eat then head to work before 7am
3. while at work, i do paperwork, call around, go online occasionally and head out by 2 at the latest. (some days i work from home)
4. a little grocery shopping on the way home for the day’s dinner…
5. relax go online, chat up. watch tv, not much after i get home. some occasions i will step out and go roam around. sleep around 2-4am.
awww…i am no longer the first one to comment anymore….waaaahhhh…..
0500: wake up
0530: gym
0900ish: work
1800: out w/friends
2200ish: home and bed…ready to do it all over again. :P
1. woke up 2. school 3 back to apt 4. shower 5. sleep… and repeat on the next day. :D
your gf must be wonderful if so sweet a guy as you gushes about her this way! as for my day, well, since I lost my job, my days are shot. I am now trying to move my stuff into my parents house and looking for a job while picking up some shift with my part time job with Carlton Cards/American Greetings. GREAT FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So much for the Bachelors.