What do you do at the end of the day?

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I used to be known as "Jane with the new PROJECT", but because I now work in advertising, I can only do so much before the television seems much more interesting. I'm sick of this terrible waste of time and am looking for a new project. I've tried baking, and can only do so many creative things with craters. Any ideas?

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000

Answers

"Laundry" seems to be the only craft we do at my house after work. I think advertising has driven me to whiter whites.... :D

How about exercising? (you can pelt me with eggs now)

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000


Take up sewing. There are literally a million different sewing projects and some of them can last your whole lifetime (even when the pattern or instructions say "simple" or "easy" or "make it in 1 hour".)

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000

The only time I have an "end of the day" is when I go somewhere fishing without the mobile and make my wife swear she won't tell anyone where I am. Between employees, business snafus and some idiot deciding to stab his/her lover/spouse/neighbor/relative 47 times with a phillips screwdriver because "they just wouldn't quit" I seldom get a chance to plan anything. Here's a question for you: if gays are so sensitive, why are their murder scenes the ghastliest of all? Nobody can beat them them for creativity and absolute excess when it comes to doing a job on their significant other. Whew! Sticky, sticky.

I read before I go to sleep every night. Right now I'm reading how Sir Richard Burton explored Africa and discovered the source of the Nile. Sex and violence...I just can't get away from it.

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000


Gays are supposed to be sensitive but have the ghastliest murders? Bubba, what are you talking about?

I used to always read before I went to bed. Now I check e-mail and forums. I really want to try to get back to the reading, though.

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2000


I come home and squeeze the cat, change into some comfortable, decidedly non-work clothes, ignore the damn phone if it rings, read the paper, my snail mail...

Sometimes when I am feeling really overwhelmed, I love to spend the weekend holed up at home, no phone, no Internet, no plans, no "have-to's," no TV (maybe an old B&W movie on video) - I read and putter and just try to NOT let "out there" affect my cozy in here. Of course all of this is possible because I live alone. ... ...

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000



I read an hour or so in bed every night, otherwise I wouldn't be able to sleep. I suppose it's back to movie watching, my favourite hobby.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000

I do exercise... I do yoga a few times a week, but that's a different story. My yoga teacher bugs me. She's just cheesy. She never variates her banter throughout the session- if I get stranded on another desert island with nothing to worry about again, I'm sure I'll get hives

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000

Since I work at home, my 'end of the day' is when Ian gets in from the office. He usually changes out of his suit and tie, sits on the couch and reads Digitser on TeleText (cool UK TV info service thingy) while I finish up and then either go make tea or order tea in from somewhere (usually if we order, it's pizza and salads). Then we usually watch TV, play Dreamcast, play the piano and just goof off until bedtime. Last night we went for a long walk, but that's not an every day thing, though I'd like it to be.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000

Sheesh, that presumes the day actually ENDS. After work, I pick up my daughter, come home, cook & do chores. Then two nights a week I teach, one night I cart my kid off to gymnastics. That leaves two weeknights. I try to work the dogs, catch up on more timeconsuming chores, etc. At 9:00 I get my kid into bed, read her a chapter, take a shower, and watch TV or read till I fall asleep.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how I can do a home check on a prospective adopter, work at/compete in my club's agility trial this weekend, put together my sister's birthday present, AND clean the house well enough for my parents to come for Thanksgiving. Oh, and my husband's out of town till Tuesday night. Which is a blessing, in a way, because if he dared to leave one more pair of dirty socks on the floor while I was trying to clean, I just might have to kill him.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000


I nap. Then I exercise. Sometimes I exercise then I nap. I've found that I'm really cranky when I don't get a.) enough sleep--and for me, that means at least 9 hours a day and b.) a lot of exercise. I'm not a fitness freak or anything, it just helps me deal with stress.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000


Take up journaling. It's a nice way to wind down and hash out any crap that went on during the day.

My day ends when dh gets home. We eat, I hand off the kids to him and goof off (read, surf, bathe) until bed time. Then I read for 15 to 30 minutes before passing out.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000


After work I change clothes, rest a bit, and throw together dinner. Then it's off to play rehearsal/performance for three hours. When I get home from that, I crawl into bed and watch Nick at Nite. Same thing every day. That will change mid-December and hopefully resume in January if I get a part in the next show I'm auditioning for. Before, I stared at the TV like a zombie all evening or occasionally visited friends.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000

Mary Ellen, if you do decide to do in your husband because "he just won't quit" leaving dirty socks around, don't use a phillips screwdriver, okay? It'll require a lot of energy, make a mess and there are tidier ways of doing it. Just trying to be helpful.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000

i lick to paint by nuvbmers. im real good at it to!

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000

OK, Bubba, I'll leave the Phillips head screwdriver in the drawer when it comes down to husband-killing time. I'm not very good with tools, anyway. Actually, I've already told him how he's going to meet his demise. I'll smother him with a pillowcase full of dirty socks while he's sleeping. He would never, never wake up. And I think the jury would let me off ("The Poetic Justice Defense").

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000


Bubba, sweetie, where do you get this stuff? I thought you stopped watching "Inside Investigation" and the Learning Channel?

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000

I don't watch TV...unfortunately, I live it. I cover murders.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2000

Take a bath, read (sometimes simultaneously), listen to music, write, etc.

I, too, don't turn on the TV. (I just found out, three and a half months after the fact, that my roommate had had our cable turned off. That's how into the TV I am. Woo.)

I did make an exception on Election Night, and, at 3AM, was so sick of TV that I probably won't watch again for another year. Ick. Brain shrinking from inane commercials, et cetera...oy. And I think Dan Rather was cracking up on us, yo. :)

-- Anonymous, November 16, 2000


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