5:55 - turn off first alarm

6:26 - turn off 4^th alarm

6:47 - open one eye and walk to the bathroom for a shower

6:48 - open other eye

7:00 – 7:20 - let dogs out, pick out an outfit, blow-dry hair, brew a cup of coffee

7:20 - get a travel mug and mix a half cup water and Medifast Cappuccino pop in the microwave

7:21 - let dogs back in and give them treats

7:22 - add the coffee I made and 2 equals to my Medifast Cappuccino

7:23 - in the rush to my car throw the newspaper up on the porch (that counts as exercise right?)

7:23 - 8:25 - enjoy my latte-esk coffee and try not to think about wasting an entire hour in my car

8:30 - get to work, join the morning huddle with the hotel staff

8:45 - tell Linda, the little hotel chef that thinks I’m too skinny, that I do not want a Belgian waffle with walnuts and blueberries (just typing it makes me long for the days when I would eat one with reckless abandon)

8:46 – 9:12 - review hotel performance from last night and get caught up on the crazy hotel gossip mill

9:12 - turn down Linda’s 2^nd offer for a calorific breakfast sandwich

9:30 - cover the hotel front desk for clerk so that he can eat a stack of Linda’s French toast

9:45 - make a mug of Medifast blueberry oatmeal and put in the microwave

9:46 - drive a guest to the airport because he did not get his wake up call and missed his shuttle

10:24 - reheat oatmeal that I left in the microwave

10:25 - 11:00 - process timecards and enter payroll (enjoy oatmeal)

11:00 - 11:45 - go to a guest room to help a ‘not so computer’ savvy guest connect to the internet

11:46 - think to myself “I have to go to the bathroom” 

11:47 - put Medifast Chicken and Wild Rice soup in the microwave and start off towards the bathroom.

11:48 - In route to the bathroom notice a light out in the lobby – go call engineering to have it fixed, answer a ringing phone at the front desk.  Give a guest driving directions to the hotel. Notice a line of people forming at the desk and assisting the clerk.

12:35 - Linda brings me my re-heated Chicken and Wild Rice soup

1:05 - remember that I had to go to the bathroom – ignore everyone that I pass on my way to the bathroom so that I don’t get pulled away again.

1:10 – 4:00 - accounts payable, accounts billable, associate coaching and counseling, inspect sleeping rooms to make sure that they are cleaned well, conduct 3 interviews for new employees

4:05 - put a Medifast Oatmeal Raisin bar in the microwave for 10 seconds.  Explain to anyone who sees me eating my bar why I am eating it with a fork and knife – it’s melty.

4:10 – 7:00 - Welcome guest to the hotel and help the front desk clerks with any issues.

7-ish - Head home – reach into the back seat and pull out a bag of soy crisps to munch on

8-something - Time for dinner – Start with a mixed greens salad, sprinkle 10 sunflower seeds and 2 green olives, add pre-cooked chicken pieces and top with 2 tablespoons of Kens Lite Northern Italian dressing.

9:30 - wind down while watch TV and enjoying a bowl of Medifast chocolate pudding.

11:00 - let the dogs out and in, then head to bed and try not to think about what I didn’t get done today or have to do tomorrow.