Running late...this is basically every morning..... Noah has grown to believe that "I'm late!" is the lingo required for getting in the car..... Thirty minutes later. Kind of like "Open Sesame."So today was no exception.
So here it is: time saving tips on how not to be an hour late:
1) Dishwashing is inevitable. If you're like me, you will wait till it is overflowing before you do them.... and inevitably the dishwasher is clean so you just wash the one or two items taking up the most room. Bingo. Dishes saved for another day. Im a master dish procrastinator. Because I went to college. I know what you're thinking.... yeah yeah, you stickler - Here comes your tip - Sometimes combining up your chores will save you time (and money!) Ever wash your face w dawn dish soap? Just a dab'll do ;) Take that, Mary Kay! Plus you can use all your pretty unused soaps as presents for your friends. See? Double time saving. Dishes, check; Face freshened, check; Christmas shopping, check.
That way, your coffee doesn't end up on the floor while you take a sixty second trip to the back of your house to slather your greasy visage.
2) Skip the mug. Just go ahead and pour that coffee on the floor. Get that inevitability over and done with. Got it? Ok, moving on. Now you can pour the second cup.... Wait for it.... In a travel mug. Since you'll end up pouring that coffee in a regular mug, leaving it somewhere, then pouring it in a travel mug to have your first (er.... Second) cup in the car. May as well skip the middle mug. Moving on.
3) Keep as many things as possible in your car. Makeup has never been possible till I started strapping in the kids, doing my makeup and then backing out of the garage. Kids contained, face contained. You can take this as far as you want.... Have you ever seen Mr Bean Goes to the Dentist? Yeah, that was based on me. You're welcome, Rowen Atkinson. (DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, KIDS!) Ok, ok, so I I would never drive down the road doing those things, but in your garage before backing up, live it up!
4) Locate your keys BEFORE getting behind the wheel. Yeah, yeah. Seems understated. Better yet, just skip getting in the car, assume they are not where they should be and start looking in the weirdest places you can think of. After knocking the ice off of the keys you found in the freezer, you're good to go.
So as you guzzle your son's half eaten yogurt over the sink on your way out the door, remember, there are only 12 more hours till bedtime!
Cheers
Eating over the sink might never pass from your routine. It hasn't from mine. As won't the "I'm late!" clarion call before leaving the house. Nor the unorganized key storage and retrieval. Kids just bring this stuff out into the open and fix them permanently as your way of life.
ReplyDeleteThat and waking up at 6 ;)
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