Thursday, February 4, 2010

95% boring, 5% high-life

Here's a look at a typical week in the Maxwell house:

Sunday:
9am - wake up
11am - church
1pm - lunch with friends
3pm - nap (katie)
5pm - clean house
6pm - hang out with friends / watch tv & movies
11pm - go to bed

Monday to Friday:
5am - M wakes up
5:30am - M leaves for work
6am - K wakes up
8am - K leaves for work
7pm - M gets home from work
7:45pm - K gets home from work
8pm - dinner + tv
9pm - M falls asleep on the couch
11pm - K makes M & Barkster come to bed / lights out

Saturday:
8:30am - wake up (barkley makes us get up early)
9:30am - eat breakfast
rest of day - run errands, clean house, cook, fix stuff, etc.
evening - use coupons to see movies, eat out, or fall asleep on couch watching tv
12am(ish) - ready for sleep

Jealous, no? The main exception to this schedule is our weekly home group gathering on Wednesday nights, starting at 7pm. However, we never arrive until 8pm and then only stay until 9pm. Our weeks pretty much run together and we stay tired most of the time.

But occasionally, we get to do something really fun!! The nice thing about living in LA and having the jobs we do, we often get free tickets to events and we always clear our schedules for those! We've attended dinners, concerts, musicals and many times with VIP tickets that made us look a LOT more important than we really are. {One time, a manager of a venue overheard a bouncer treat us a smidge unkindly, and he came over to us, apologized profusely, then bought us drinks... all because he knew where I worked. I just smiled, thanked him, and did NOT mention that I worked in the mailroom.}

Tonight is an example: not free, but still a fun event. My wonderful boss organized a Haiti fundraiser at the House of Blues. On the set list: Brett Dennen (love him!), Ryan Bingham (just won a Golden Globe, probably will win the Oscar), Colbie Caillat, Meiko, Kate Voegele, and some others. Every penny goes to the Real Medicine Foundation, which is doing some fantastic work in Haiti right now. A rare mid-week outing for the Maxwells, but it will be fun!

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