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A morning in the life of: MaureenVital stats: 26, teacher, lives with her boyfriend, no kids
Location: Chicago
How she starts her day:
5:30 a.m. Wake up (after snoozing for a few rounds).
5:31 Start coffee machine (that was set up the night before).
5:32 Jump into shower.
5:42 Put a little defrizz product in my hair, brush teeth, put face and body lotion on. (Shower and prep time takes about 10 minutes, total.)
5:52 Get dressed. (I don't even have a mirror, so it doesn't take more than five minutes.)
6:00 Wake up boyfriend.
6:02 Feed cat.
6:05 Drink a cup of juice or water.
6:08 Fill up a cup of coffee.*
6:10 Eat some sort of breakfast (yogurt, fruit, bagel with cream cheese, pizza from night before, etc.). Check email / Chicago news blogs / newspaper, while eating / drinking / boyfriend showers.
6:20 Drink coffee outside with boyfriend (if weather permits and boyfriend makes it on time for coffee time, which he does three out of five days a week).
6:30 Leave for work.
10:30 p.m.–11:30 After an evening of grad school classes, grading papers, working out, practicing my trumpet, or, on a chill day, hanging out on my friends' porches, I go to bed. (I usually sleep six or seven hours a night.)
*If it's going to be a rough day, I stop for Dunkin Donuts' iced coffee instead of bringing a cup of my own for the commute.
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Saturday 17 April
By sandi
Need to ask a women that is married, children and works fulltime her routine. It will make you exhausted just reading. Up at 4:00 am to check yesterdays email and have cup of coffee. 5:00am Have already sorted laundry and completed on load and 2nd one in. Pick up the house. Let the dogs out. 6:00-6:30 Husband is waking up asking "what did you do with ____. Where is my ____. Kids are up "I'm hungry!!" 7:00 everyone getting dressed as I am running around with toothbrush in my mouth helping everyone find their back packs, car keys and putting dishes in the dishwasher. By the way I did jump in the shower sometime in between everything and get dressed, make- up, hair. Out the door by 7:30 . Drop kids off at school. 8:00 work.
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Saturday 17 April
By melissa
You forgot the woman who lives with her boyfriend and their 2 year old is the breadwinner because he has a seasonal job, has the stress of only one car and no babysitters and having to take care of the baby when im home because he did while I was at work....and i work swing shifts at a stressful job (911 operator).
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Saturday 17 April
By Petra
how about the mom who
3am - alarm goes off - grabs scrubs, throws on deoderant, shoves contacts into eyes, grabs a diet coke and a gronola bar.
3;15 - checks email and tries to send semi-intelligent responses considering its 3:15am.
3;30 - leaves for work
4am - 10:30am - punches in for work and sees over 70 + patients
11am - picks kids up from day care
11:15 - 12:15pm - get kids ready for school - make lunch pack homework and remember PTA items
12;30 - 3pm - while kids are at school, finish Master's classes and projects, clean the house or do the arrends
3 - 5pm - play with the kids without feeling guilty about not finishing cleaning the house
5 - 6pm - dinner
7 - 8pm - homework
8 - 9pm - get everyone ready for bed, read two stories to the kids
9:30pm - fall into bed
Realistically i dont' know where they get these people from - i bust my ass all day and so do alot of my friends - i love the day i can sleep in till 7am - this article was BS!!!
Saturday 17 April
By Melissa
Yeah.... sonds like they all have it made!...lol What about ....
A Morning in the Life of a Full-time Career Oriented Single Mom!
5am.... alarm goes off and i roll out of bed and go straight down the stairs to make the coffee!! Or tea... depending on the amount of caffeine needed for that morning!
5:15... check personal email and headline news.
5:30-6:30 ... Go around spot cleaning what needs to be done maybe load of laundry, clean up toys, etc.
6:30 ...feed cat, brush cat (this is needed daily because her long hair drives me insane!) ALSO feed Guinea Pigs (no clue what I was thinking but it was my 5 yr olds birthday and he wanted a dog....i don't have time for a dog... walking grooming, playing!)
6:50 dress in workout gear.
7AM... Wake 5 yr old up ...stirs a bit. get him dressed while still snoring. finally wakes up as last sock is going on foot. and he heads to bathroom to do his thing. I brush his hair and head downstairs to fix breakfast.
7:20 ... also need to make both of us lunch although we dont eat the same things...lol.
8am... gather up all things for school (did you remember homework? lunch? gym bag? Hurry cycle class starts exactly at 830!!! buckle 5 yr old..leave house
815 arrive at school scurry in, sign sheet, kiss 5 yr old and hurry to gym.
8:30-9:30 class (totally pumps me up for the day) Quickly leave - no time for socializing!!!
9:50 shower (nice and hot...but quickly) rub lotion all over... not expensive kind, blow hair , throw on clothes, a little foundation and mascara is all I have time for and race out of the house to work. Don't forget lunch!
Arrive work at 10:30AM...
pick son up at 4:30 and bring to babysitters until 8pm, make something for dinner and eat it while watching son in bath. read to 5 yr old caress his back to fall asleep around 930.
send out a hundred emails to finish work around 11pm... sleep
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Saturday 17 April
By Rob
How about all the working fathers? With no wife? How about the working 23 year olds who take care of their whole family?
Im sorry... but everyones day is cake compared to mine. I am 23, have custody of 2 teen sisters. Work 3 jobs and serve occasionally for extra $$$.
Bought a house at 19... paid 70,000. Somehow manage to fit studying with my sisters in, as well as playtime and time to be a normal teen for once...
When you can top this... Then please let me know. Id like to meet you.
Saturday 17 April
By bob
Apparently there are no working women out there above the age of 26. I guess it's best that we not think of them either.
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Saturday 17 April
By mary
I am the married woman ,working full time three school age children.my morning starts at 4:45.. wash up brush teeth..I shower night before to save time..start wash ..get clothes out of dryer ,fold,make lunches for kids and hubby..make coffee ,put out breakfast items ,make coffee leave bowl cup and juice glass for husband.He leaves later than I.unload dish washer ,set tble for dinner.Wake up kids,put on make up..get dressed(work in office .no sweats or jeans for me.put dog out. leave with kids by 6:50 to catch bus drive to work.
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Saturday 17 April
By Lynn
I agree with Bob. There must be other single, older than 26, FT working moms out there? I'd like to hear about their daily juggling act of housework, work, Dr appointments, attending school functions, getting kids to and from after school activities, then managing time to prepare a healthy dinner while helping with homework.
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Saturday 17 April
By Jane
You left out a very busy, and large group of women who are working mothers!
Their schedules don't include an hour of running or extra snooze time in the morning. They have to get themselves and one or more little people off to a good start every day!
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Saturday 17 April
By Lady Jane
Why does everyone go to work so late? I have to be at work at 8. We have some flexibility but the latest you can be there is 9. It's different that some of the people featured don't make it to work until 10. Interesting. I could see going to work that late but I wouldn't want to stay much past 6 at the latest. That would be a really compressed work schedule.
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Saturday 17 April
By John
Sounds like you all have it made! I work 12 to 14 hours a day and do not have time to do all that small stuff like breakfast or socialize.
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Saturday 17 April
By Carrie-Lee
Breakfast? What's breakfast! ;)
Saturday 17 April
By Carrie-Lee
Where are the 30 and 40 somethings?! Working moms with multiple kids?
5:45 Up. Shower.
6:35 Finishing makeup & hair.
6:45 Wake up son for school
6:50 Husband gets our two girls loaded in the car and we're off to the airport
7:00 Do I have time to stop at Dunkin Donuts before my flight?
7:10 Airline is tapping there toes and literally holding the door open on the plane. "Hurry up!? Did you bother to get ME any coffee, princess?!" (I work on the island of Nantucket)
7:15 Quickly download the local online paper before we lose the signal.
7:25 Finish reading the paper as we prepare for landing.
7:30 Land. Call my mother on my 5 minute walk to a car that's waiting for me. Hop in the car & drive to work for my 10 hour shift.
6:10pm Flight home.
Rarely watch TV during the week, read lengthly novels, bed between 10:30 and 11?
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Saturday 17 April
By Kathi
I was interested in reading about these women as I thought I would learn something..maybe get a tip for a busy mom. Working parents with kids was apparently not on the list. I figure these women were too busy to respond to AOL's request to document their day.
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Saturday 17 April
By brainfreeze72
Full time career wife & mother of teens plus 2 lg dogs & cat...
5:45 hit snooze--6:00 my last warning to hit the bathroom before 17 y/o son--6:05 walk the dogs while hubby puts out their food, water & morning cookies--6:20 Call upstairs to ensure 13 y/o diva daughter is up and functioning, give dogs their post walk treats, finish making tea hubby poured.--6:30 meet hubby in living room for morning news.--7:00 say goodbye to son, chase him down for goodbye hug--7:05 brush teeth, brush hair, set out clothes for the day if I haven't done it during commercial breaks from the news. 7:10 say goodbye to daughter who grudgingly submits to hug. 7:15 jump in shower w/ hubby 7:30 barely time to dry off, apply lotion, deodorant, brush hair & get dressed while hubby makes me a go up of tea. 7:50 leave house in a rush to be at the office by 8:00 because 8:01 grabs grief from bosses. Bedtime 11:00-ish.
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Saturday 17 April
By miniwheat70
I would think that if Lemondrop wanted an honest look at the differing lives of American women they would have chosen some "other" types of women. There are no Black women, Hispanic women, Asian women, MiddleEastern women etc. whatsoever in this piece and that was supremely disappointing. Do better next time Lemondrop to portray a REALISTIC picture of America. Oh, and, as already mentioned by others, no single mothers. What America do they live in?
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Saturday 17 April
By Valarie Crockett
Put what you want in the comments people read them. If you range in that area.
Love and Light
Valarie
Saturday 17 April
By deb
they didn't include black women because it was not interesting what a woman who has never been to the alter but has ten childern is doing with her day at home
Saturday 17 April
By Dela
Cannot believe I wasted my time reading this. They must not do research full time because this definitely is not a true sampling reflecting the population. I belong to a household of 2 working parents with 3 children and we also farm full time. Probably did not ask working mothers because our days are never the same.
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Saturday 17 April
By Valarie Crockett
I am a 62 year young single adult with a handicapp sister
Day starts at 6 am
Get out of bed, make bed, get dressed, start washer, turn on computer, brush teeth, wash face, turn on coffee, make breakfast, greatgrandbaby comes at 7:12 feed her, make my breakfast, second child comes at 7:45. Turn on TV for her, exercise stationary bike for 5 minutes for knees, hang laundry on clothes line, put sister pills out for her,3rd child comes 8:15, get baby changed and head to the bus stop 8:30. Bring baby back into the house pack snack and diaper bag for baby leave for work before 9 am. Work till noon (I clean houses) come home feed baby straighten up the house if have another jobbaby leaves at 1:30-2:00 if no job otherwise she leaves at 3:45 get home in time to get child off the bus. Get her settled in find something for dinner. Go outside to play with her if it is fit. She leaves get laundry off line make sure sister has did her chores for the day. Have dinner, shower sister. Fold laundry put away, clean the kitchen, set down to watch the news and relax a little. Go to bed after answering email around 121 to just start again the next day.
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