Friday, December 2, 2011

The less glamorous side of living in a different time zone

What our evening looked like on Wednesday:

5:00-6:00 – Lisa makes dinner while kids wreak havoc around me.  Trying to get everything done in time for a 6pm conference call.  Dinner put in oven to keep warm until Matt gets home from work, so that he can feed kids. 

6:00 – Matt still not home from work, so Lisa asks begs children to be quiet and well behaved until daddy gets home while mommy is on a phone call.

6-8:00 pm – Lisa on conference calls, Matt arrives home and feeds kids dinner and gets them bathed.  Lisa only sees Matt when he brings her in a plate of food so she can eat while on calls.  We wave hello’s to each other.

8:00 – Lisa gets off calls (finally) and helps put girls to bed while Matt gets Anderson asleep in time for Matt to make his 8:30 call.

9:00 – Lisa in bed, Matt still on conference call.  Lisa falls asleep before even talking to Matt.

Thankfully, not every night is like this, but it happens often enough. 

Busy lives cartoon 2

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