Tuesday, October 23, 2007

A Typical Day On the Road

5:00 am: Wake up
6:00 am: Check out and load up car
6:15 am: Coffee and possibly breakfast
6:30 am: Drive to next town
8:00-9:00 am: First High School Visit
9:30-10:30 am: Second High School Visit
11 am-12 pm: Third High School Visit
12:15-1:15 pm: Lunch at the nearest, fastest food place.
1:30-3:30 pm: Fourth High School Visit
3:45 pm: Check in to hotel. Throw bags in the room. Lay on the bed taking deep breaths for 15 minutes
4 pm: Change into suit and freshen up
4:30 pm: Leave for College Fair
5:00 pm: Set up table at the fair
6-9 pm: College Fair
9-11 pm: Diner with other Reps
11:30 pm: Return to hotel and wind down.
Midnight: Sleep so as to be prepared to start over again the next day

Variations on this include:
Driving in place of High School Visits 2 & 4
Less school visits or no night fair
Getting lost :)

4 comments:

Aaron Kangas said...

You're exciting Ellen.

Matt said...

Wow, that sounds way more intense than taking care of a baby. My daily schedule basically alternates food and poop in 5 minute chunks.

Mariquita said...

I wish you could sleep more. :(

Anonymous said...

wow. you are getting tough. i'm super impressed. we have trade lives...i sleep all the time now and you don't.

(:

oh! i went to your target last week and i had this strange urge to kick everyone in the shins that was there and then light the whole place on fire. it was completely absurd.