Kelly's Korner has a blog carnival every Friday and this Friday the topic is "A Day in the Life." I rarely participate, but I thought I would today, just to give you a little glimpse into my typical work day.

I usually wake up around 6:20 and am out the door around 7:20 with a Diet Coke and Fiber One Strawberry Pop-tart in hand. I have to be at work at 7:30 am and our house is only two miles from campus. Some mornings, though, Juliette wakes up at the crack of dawn and joins me in the tub and then wants to watch Curious George and eat Cheerios, while wrapped in a blanket (she's very specific!), so on those mornings I usually don't leave the house until almost 7:30.

On Mondays and Wednesdays, I try to not take a lunch break and just eat at my desk--either a frozen Lean Cuisine or Chick-fil-A from on campus. Since we are only allowed 45 minutes for lunch breaks, I do this so that I can take one hour lunch breaks on Tuesdays and Thursdays (since I pick up Juliette from preschool on those days) and so that I can leave around 4:50 on Mondays and Tuesdays (since Matt has a 5:30 class on those days).

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I leave work at 11:20 to pick up Juliette across campus (well, not really "across") from preschool and take her home where I fix her lunch and scarf down some lunch for myself before the babysitter arrives at 12.

Once I get home from work, I change clothes, look through the mail and start on dinner. We usually eat around 6 or 6:30, depending on how long it takes to cook. After dinner, I clean up the kitchen and then play with Juliette and spend a few minutes checking Facebook and email and reading some blogs (or blogging myself). I try to have Juliette in the tub around 8 or 8:30 and while she is in there, I usually straighten up the house. Juliette goes to bed around 9 and then Matt and I catch up on our DVRed shows. I usually am in bed around 10:30 every night, although if I'm really tired I'll go to bed when Juliette does.

So, nothing too exciting here during the week...just your typical, normal routine!