7:00PM - Dinner with housemates — pizza, chicken fingers, cans of carbonated beverages. 64oz of ketchup and ranch dip are poured. 8oz are actually consumed.
7:08PM - Everyone not responsible for cleaning the dining room is gone and back to their rooms to play video games. Dishes, used napkins and empty aluminum cans are everywhere
8:00PM - One lonely guy cleaned the house to meet minimum standards of cleanliness
8:30PM - Raunchy movie plays on the TV in the main room. Poker or some other table game kicks off until things degenerate to chaos later
9:00PM - Party starts. Crack open the first beer of the night - after finishing 4-6 beers earlier in the afternoon
10:00PM Strike out (the first time) with a girl who has been coming to parties lately
10:15PM - Wander into the kitchen for a snack — the refrigerator door is open, a piece of American cheese is dried out and spackled to the counter. No one else is in the kitchen
11:30PM - Part of me wants to go to sleep but everyone is still awake so I press on
11:45PM - Strike out (the second time) with a girl who has been coming to parties lately
12:15AM - Go to the bathroom to find someone left a poop in toilet and didn’t flush
1:00AM - Fall asleep on the couch during a lull in the night
1:30 AM - Jolted awake by a loud bang in the common room - Cause still unknown
2:00AM - Music and the TV is still playing…no one is watching
2:15AM - Someone is crying uncontrollably in the room next door. Just happy its tears and not vomit.
Saturday - 7AM - Need to wake up to get to some volunteer event that seemed like a good idea 3 weeks ago . House is somehow a huge mess again already.
7:00PM - Dinner with wife and kids — pizza, chicken fingers, cans of carbonated beverages. 64oz of ketchup and ranch dip are poured. 8oz are actually consumed.
7:08PM - Everyone not responsible for cleaning the dining room is gone and back to their rooms to play video games. Dishes, used napkins and empty aluminum cans are everywhere
8:00PM - One lonely Dad cleans the house to meet minimum standards of cleanliness
8:30PM - Disney movie plays on the TV in the main room. Candyland or some other table game kicks off until things degenerate to chaos later
9:00PM - Bedtime routine starts. Crack open the first bottle of the night - after finishing 4-6 bottles earlier in the afternoon
10:00PM Strike out (the first time) with my wife who has been too tired lately
10:15PM - Wander into the kitchen for a snack — the refrigerator door is open, a piece of American cheese is dried out and spackled to the counter. No one else is in the kitchen
11:30PM - Part of me wants to go to sleep but somehow everyone is still awake so I press on
11:45PM - Strike out (the second time) with my wife who has been too tired lately
12:15AM - Go to the bathroom to find someone left a poop in toilet and didn’t flush
1:00AM - Fall asleep on the couch during a lull in the night
1:30 AM - Jolted awake by a loud bang in the family room - Cause still unknown
2:00AM - Music and the TV is still playing…no one is watching
2:15AM - Someone is crying uncontrollably. Just happy its tears and not vomit.
Saturday - 7AM - Need to wake up to get to some children’s sporting event that seemed like a good idea 3 weeks ago . House is somehow a huge mess again already.
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