Sundays are usually filled with work for Mikel and homework/grading/relaxing for me. Some Sundays are more productive than others but they all are fairly low key because Sears doesn't open until 11.
Sundays also generally involve some large batch cooking like this:
This is a bunch of leftovers of things I made on Sunday so we would have things to eat all week. A lot of times during the week, Mikel goes to work when I'm at school and is at work until around 9:30 or 10 so we don't always get to eat our meals together. We have found that having some good meals that make good leftovers are a lifesaver (and money saver). Every other Sunday we generally go to the laundromat and do A LOT of laundry-- 2 weeks worth. It's about half the price there so we try and do it in large batches. We usually have to do a load or two at our apartment during those 2 weeks but do the bulk of our stuff when we make the grand trip.
Mondays are generally an fairly easy way to ease into the week, at least for me. On Mondays the only standing commitment I have is to teach Physical Growth and Motor Development from 3-4:20. Usually I stay at home on Mondays until Mikel goes to work between 11 and 3 and then stay at school until about 9:30 when he gets off work and picks me up. Everyone thinks I am such a hard worker because I'm there so late at night but sometimes I don't start until 2 or after class at 4:30.
Tuesdays start at 9:10 for me and I teach Bowling I from 9:10-10, The Healthy Lifestyle from 10:20-12:10, head back to my office from 12:10-3, go to Qualitative Research class from 3-5:50 and then head home after class. If Mikel has days off during the week, they are usually Tuesdays and/or Thursdays so he takes advantage of these days to relax, watch movies, go fishing, doing things around the house and whatever else.
Wednesdays are my earliest days because they start with an 8am advising meeting with my advisor and all her other students. This meeting is an hour and we usually discuss our current research projects, new ideas, current struggles, and advising questions. From 9-11 I have my official office hours so I either answer student emails and questions when they come in or do grading and prep work for classes. Generally after my office hours I head home for lunch with Mikel and then take him to work in the afternoon. He generally works in the afternoon from around 2-9:30. I teach Physical Growth and Motor Development from 3-4:20 and then stay and work until 9:30 if Mikel is still working and then we head home together. If I'm tired of being at school, sometimes I go home after I teach and do work from there until it's time to pick up Mikel.
Thursdays are generally identical to Tuesdays except instead of going to Qualitative Research class, I go to Issues in Teaching Undergraduate Kinesiology class (also from 3-5:50). I like Thursdays because they are my last day of the week so I usually go home and turn off my computer and relax for the night.
Fridays I don't have any class to teach or take so sometimes I work from home and other times I go to my office and work from there. Mikel's work schedule on Friday is not very predictable so sometimes he works, sometimes he doesn't. If there's a volleyball game or something on campus on Friday night we check that out. Sometimes we go to a movie, out to dinner... something fun (as long as Mikel doesn't work).
Saturdays are fun when Mikel doesn't have to work because we have the day to explore or do something fun. Lately, I've been working at the football games but whether I'm working that day or not, we're generally watching football on tv usually as I am grading/relaxing/studying... Sears is open until 9:30 on Saturdays so sometimes I'm home alone.
Most nights after we get home we spend time hanging out, talking to friends/family, on our computers, watching tv or Netflix, or outside taking a walk when the weather is nicer.
Recently I've been sprinkling in different work assignments at Breslin like tomorrow-- I am working the Daughtry concert from 6-midnight but the most I can average is 9 hours a week so it's not too much.
My workouts/rehab have been moved all around this semester although I'd like to get it more scheduled. The nice thing is that I workout with my Healthy Lifestyles class twice a week so that's a guarantee! Another couple days of the week are worked out differently each week.
Also, Mikel gets a different work schedule each week so every time it's different. Having one car ensures that we see a lot of each other (or at least a lot more than we would otherwise).
That's a typical week in our life!
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