A WEEK IN THE LIFE

In the spirit of an exercise I try to do every few years, I’m picking up on my play-by-play of my DC trip and documenting everything from the past week. Some descriptions are intentionally generic because I’m not always at liberty to share about specifics:

Friday, June 10

4a-4:20a wake up, pack up my stuff

4:20a-7a drive from DC to Philly

7a-8a arrive in Philly, gas up the rental car, return the rental car, take the subway home

8a-9a unpack, shower, eat breakfast, pack a lunch, walk to work

9a-10a meet with the director of our youth program

10a-11a meet with our alumni relations intern

11a-1p catch up on emails, voicemails, and work; eat lunch

1p-2p meet with our fundraising intern

2p-3p meet with our PR interns

3p-3:30p catch up on time-sensitive correspondence

3:30p-5:30p meet with an outside PR expert about branding and media issues

5:30p-7p tie up important work items, walk home

7p-8p make and eat dinner

8p-10p relax with Amy, watch Arrested Development, read news and business magazines

Saturday, June 11

6a-7a wake up, pray

7a-8a do push-ups and sit-ups, eat breakfast

8a-12p do school homework

12p-2p shower, eat lunch, relax, walk to school

2p-5:30p attend public budgeting class

5:30p-7p walk home, make and eat dinner, relax

7p-10p do school homework

Sunday, June 12

5:30a-7a wake up, pray, eat breakfast

7a-8a run

8a-8:30a cool down, shower

8:30a-10a go grocery shopping, get produce

10a-10:45a eat more breakfast, walk to church

10:45a-12:30p attend church service

12:30p-2p go to lunch with friend from church

2p-4p take a long-needed nap

4p-10p relax with Amy, watch Arrested Development, read news and business magazines, do crossword puzzles

Monday, June 13

5:30a-6:30a wake up, pray

6:30a-7:30a do push-ups and sit-ups, shower, eat breakfast, pack a lunch, walk to work

7:30a-8:30a do paperwork

8:30a-9a meet with president and board member about a fundraising opportunity

9a-10a meet with foundation about a giving campaign

10a-11a orient four new interns

11a-12p catch up on emails and voicemails

12p-12:30p do a performance evaluation of a summer intern

12:30p-1p eat lunch

1p-4p meet with our HR intern about a couple manuals we are working on

4p-5:30p meet with personal friend for accountability (to confess sin and to pray for one another)

5:30p-7:30p do miscellaneous work

7:30p-9p walk home, cook and eat dinner, do crossword puzzles

9p-10p relax with Amy, read news and business magazines, watch Arrested Development

Tuesday, June 14

5:00a-6:00a wake up, pray

6:00a-6:30a shower, eat breakfast, pack a lunch, walk to work

6:30a-7a prepare for intern alumni focus group

7a-8a host intern alumni focus group

8a-9a catch up on emails and voicemails

9a-10a orient new intern

10a-12p work on grant proposals

12p-1p eat lunch

1p-4p meet with our PR interns about important brand and process issues

4p-4:30p put finishing touches on paperwork related to new tenant

4:30p-5p meet with administrative person about timesheets for new hires

5p-6p do miscellaneous work

6p-7p walk home, cook and eat dinner, do crossword puzzle

7p-9p hang out with my sister, who is passing through on her way back to Baltimore

9p-10p relax with Amy, read news and business magazines, watch Arrested Development

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

5:30a-6a wake up, pray

6a-6:30a shower, eat breakfast, walk to prayer meeting

6:30a-7:30a attend prayer meeting

7:30a-8a walk home, eat more breakfast, walk to work

8a-9a work on grant proposals

9a-11a do miscellaneous work

11a-12:15p host intern summit

12:15p-1p host staff lunch

1p-2:15p run staff meeting

2:15p-2:30p catch up on emails and voicemails

2:30p-3p walk home, pick up school stuff, walk to school

3p-4p meet with independent study advisor, walk home

4p-6p do school work

6p-7p cook and eat dinner

7p-10p relax with Amy, read news and business magazines, watch Arrested Development, do crossword puzzle

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