4:45 A.M. -- Wake, put on workout gear. Head to kitchen and fire up the oven to cook whatever dinner that night will be. Take laundry to the basement and start the washer. Hop on the treadmill -- conveniently located in the laundry room, with a TV on an eye-level shelf in front of it. Churn away for 30 minutes. Move laundry to dryer. Head upstairs to check on the cooking dinner entree, pack nonjunk lunches. Attack the ''chore of the day'' (depending on day of the week: wet mop floors/scour bathrooms/dust and vacuum/clutter management/scour refrigerator and appliances). Shower and dress for work. Put on a long lab coat to cover the nice outfit and keep spills at bay.
6:15 -- Wake up kids. Cool dinner entree and prep any side dishes that need to go with it. Kids eat breakfast, cereal or toast, then gather up their stuff for school.
7:00 -- Kids depart for bus ride/walk to school. Set table for four, wrap and store dinner entree in the fridge.
7:15 -- Take off the lab coat and go to work.
From this old piece in the NYT about "Work-life balance." Fatuous, pandering, like most of what this particular writer produces.
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