...Lewisnotmiller.
So many people here from different places, different cultures, etc.
To me, my life is completely normal, and I'm guessing it's not very interesting. But I thought I'd put up a few mundane facts, maybe a photo or two, and let you know what a typical day is like here in Melbourne, Australia for me!
Mon-Fri
Wake up most days around 7.00am. My wife is generally up slightly earlier, since she starts work a little earlier. For me, I get myself ready, then help get the girls ready (4 and 6).
4 year old to kinder is usually my job, gotta try and have her there by 8 if I'm gonna make work on time.
She likes Nutella on her toast for breakfast, which generally leaves me trying to get sticky crud from her hair as we're about to leave.
Shove her in the car, and away we go. Err...car...here we go!
(not actually my car, but same model and colour)
I get to work by 9 (hopefully!)
I work very close to the city at the moment. I'm self-employed, but been contracting to the same client for a year, and have about another year with them. So it's about an hour commute once I've dropped off my daughter.
Spend all day at meetings, answering/skim-reading about 200 emails per day (unfortunately not hyperbole), and occasionally getting to do some actual work.
I implement business software. Project I'm on at the moment is gonna take almost 3 years across 4 countries, and they were stupid enough to make me program director. I'm actually better at DOING stuff than MANAGING stuff, but I digress.
My exit time varies wildly, but it's generally between 5.30 and 7.00pm, then an hour to get home.
Monday and Wednesday nights I try and play basketball. Old man's comp (over 35s) but good fun mostly, and keeps me somewhat fit. I'm 39, so still one of the 'young guys'
Girls go to bed anywhere between 7.30 (ideally) and 8.30 (if they're sitting up waiting for me). Sometimes I have work meetings at night (time zones are killers on multi-national jobs) sometimes I don't.
If I don't, I might chill in front of the tv, or on here...or maybe my Ps4.
TV Shows of choice, Daily Show and Colbert Report are replayed at 8.30, which sits with my schedule sometimes. And I'm a sports junkie, so Aussie Rules, Basketball (college or NBA) or American football (NFL or college) can all be on the agenda.
Go to bed anywhere between 10.30 and 2.30, with 12 being about normal.
So many people here from different places, different cultures, etc.
To me, my life is completely normal, and I'm guessing it's not very interesting. But I thought I'd put up a few mundane facts, maybe a photo or two, and let you know what a typical day is like here in Melbourne, Australia for me!
Mon-Fri
Wake up most days around 7.00am. My wife is generally up slightly earlier, since she starts work a little earlier. For me, I get myself ready, then help get the girls ready (4 and 6).
4 year old to kinder is usually my job, gotta try and have her there by 8 if I'm gonna make work on time.
She likes Nutella on her toast for breakfast, which generally leaves me trying to get sticky crud from her hair as we're about to leave.
Shove her in the car, and away we go. Err...car...here we go!
(not actually my car, but same model and colour)
I get to work by 9 (hopefully!)
I work very close to the city at the moment. I'm self-employed, but been contracting to the same client for a year, and have about another year with them. So it's about an hour commute once I've dropped off my daughter.
Spend all day at meetings, answering/skim-reading about 200 emails per day (unfortunately not hyperbole), and occasionally getting to do some actual work.
I implement business software. Project I'm on at the moment is gonna take almost 3 years across 4 countries, and they were stupid enough to make me program director. I'm actually better at DOING stuff than MANAGING stuff, but I digress.
My exit time varies wildly, but it's generally between 5.30 and 7.00pm, then an hour to get home.
Monday and Wednesday nights I try and play basketball. Old man's comp (over 35s) but good fun mostly, and keeps me somewhat fit. I'm 39, so still one of the 'young guys'
Girls go to bed anywhere between 7.30 (ideally) and 8.30 (if they're sitting up waiting for me). Sometimes I have work meetings at night (time zones are killers on multi-national jobs) sometimes I don't.
If I don't, I might chill in front of the tv, or on here...or maybe my Ps4.
TV Shows of choice, Daily Show and Colbert Report are replayed at 8.30, which sits with my schedule sometimes. And I'm a sports junkie, so Aussie Rules, Basketball (college or NBA) or American football (NFL or college) can all be on the agenda.
Go to bed anywhere between 10.30 and 2.30, with 12 being about normal.
