Just A Little Tweak

A homemaker, a keeper at home, a home manager ...

I gladly take those titles.

Last week my "job" required making some adjustments to the schedule.

For years, hubby's schedule started at 4:30 every day with a workout.

Off to work between 7 and 7:15.

Dinner on the table at 5:30.

Bed at 9.

I didn't mind.

I work well with a schedule.

Just let me know the schedule and I will work with it.

But often hubby was frustrated because entertaining or late church responsibilities made the 4:30 appointment very difficult and easy to skip.

Seasonal allergies made breathing (a necessity for workouts) in the morning difficult.

The house is always cold at 4:30 in the morning.

Fast forward to Oregon and we try it again but with earlier work hours and less of a commute.

4:30 workout

7:00 leave for work

4:45 dinner on the table

9:00 bedtime

Should be doable ... EXCEPT

the workout room is cold (VERY cold) that early in the morning.

Our devotion time was being SQUEEZED short and felt rushed because the workouts weren't always a perfect 30 minutes.

The early dinner left us very hungry before bed.

So let's work on managing this.

I wanted to be on the couch for devotions at 5:45.

I wanted breakfast at 6:30.

Hubby wanted a more consistent workout schedule.

So just a little (and what should have been obvious) tweak.

The workout is now AFTER work.

(The new job just requires 8 hours with no required amount of time for lunch

and is only 10 minutes from home).

5:00 rise and shine

5:30 start devotions 

6:30 breakfast

7:00-7:15 leave for work

4:15-4:30 home

4:30 workout

5:00 dinner

9:00 bed

We are just loving the schedule.

Hubby is getting a workout every day, but Sunday.

I have more time in the afternoon to get dinner on the table.

We are not pressured to leave church too quickly because of an early wake-up call.

The workouts are a lot more effective when we are AWAKE!

And we can allow the garage to heat up a little with the warmth of the day.