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I’ll get up early, write then swim

I sleep in

I get up later and write 

I’ll write till 7, then take my son and go swim

I write till 8

I'll take my son and swim, we’ll get home at 9 and I’ll take my daughter to the writer’s workshop

We swim till 10

I’ll take my daughter to the writer’s workshop and meet husband and boys downtown at 1

We aren’t ready to leave till 11

I say to my husband “We’ll meet you downtown at 2”

My youngest son throws up

“Never mind,” I say. “We’ll come back home at 2:30”

My daughter and I write till 3

We make it home by 3:30

I take my older son to the branch library for his research project at 4, the library closes at 5

“That’s an interesting topic,” says the helpful librarian.  “I’ve never looked for information on the space programs of monsoon Asian countries before.  Perhaps upstairs in the college library?”

At 4:45 my son and I are sitting on the floor in the stacks looking in the indexes of a dozen books on Asia and space.  They blink the lights.  The library is closing.

We make it home with a pile of books - what to make for dinner?

Husband and older son will leave at 6:30 to go juggling

Dinner is on the table at 7

They leave at 7:30

Sick son feeling a little better.  I tuck him in.

I’ll just write a quick slice.  I’ll be done by 9

It’s 10