Remember when I wrote that I didn't mind coming to work at 6 because it meant I could nap in the afternoon? I lied. I want to NOT get up at 5 and still nap all afternoon.

My Perfect Day:
8:00 am - wake Bean, she has already located every item she needs for the day
8:40 am - back to bed, husband takes Bean to school
10:30 am - wake, brush teeth and wash face, light breakfast and chatting with husband
11:00 am - back to bed for TV and knitting
2:00 pm - lunch
2:30 pm - afternoon nap (or some sort of spa appointment - this is fantasy, right?
4:30 pm - Bean home from school - talk to her, play games, etc.
7:00 pm - dinner (that I don't have to make) and a movie
9:00 pm - Bean's bedtime, back to bed with knitting/book and TV.
1:00 am - sleep

My Actual Day (today)
4:45 am: alarm goes off. Re-set alarm and roll over.
5:20 am: alarm goes off. Realize that if I don't get up RIGHT NOW I'll be late (read: fired)
5:30 am: leave house wearing "bad kitty" pj pants and (non-matching) House of Blues t-shirt, hair in ponytail (oh ya gotta love radio!! I just sound professional.)
5:50 am: print weather, open Diet Dr. Pepper, take transmitter readings
5:59 am: first break of the day - no mistakes so far - 1 down, 15 more to go before noon...
6:02 am: check email and edit programming for the day
6:30 - noon: Knit, read, surf the net while monitoring the on-air signal. There are (as mentioned above) 16 breaks in this shift - that is, 16 times when I have to be on the air. This is an easy job. It's not like this during the week.
Noon: husband shows up to work next shift, go home. On the way home think about lunch - be indecisive about what sounds good and end up eating peanut butter and honey on toast with milk at home (imagine husband smiling at the frugality)
1:00 pm: laundry (wax on, wax off) then build the bed nest and nap/read/knit/watch TV.

(Ah... The bed nest.
That's when you bring everything you might need for the afternoon into the bedroom and place it strategically around you so that you can mostly ignore it in favor of a nap. "Everything you need" usually involves: laptop, knitting, book, cookbook (for planning purposes), Diet Dr. Pepper and a bottle of water, some kind of snack. Pillows and blankets are involved. Bean is with her dad until tonight or tomorrow so I don't have to get up for anything or make anyone dinner.)

6:30 pm: Husband gets home, starts the "what do you want, I don't know what do you want" conversation about dinner
8:00 pm: give up trying to decide and either order pizza together or scavenge separately. This will probably mean frozen chicken nuggets for him and cereal for me.
10:00 pm: make noise about going to sleep but really stay up to watch Saturday Night Live - complain that it is not good anymore (except for Tina Fey) and make fun of the host/musical guest
12:00 am: find something bland on TV and really try to sleep