Life as I know it

Here is a summary of life as I know it...
I slowly wake up every morning to the obnoxious sound of Bob Lonsberry on am radio. My brain takes at least 1/2 an hour to fully swim to the surface of consciousness. I rouse the kids out of bed and eat my traditional breakfast of organic flax seed/pumpkin seed granola cereal with fat free milk. On A days, I throw on some clothes and drive Will and his trumpet to AF Junior High at 7:00 am for Jazz Band. After finishing my morning preparations, I drive Helena and her violin to the same school at 8:00 am and head for work. On B days both kids leave the house at 8:00 am, but this time we are lugging an euphonium (big brass instrument) for Will and the Concert Band.
I arrive at school at 8:30 every morning. That is 15 minutes early. I like to be early every day so I don't feel guilty if I ever have to leave early for an emergency.
I teach visual art to elementary school students. I have nine 30 min. classes each day with no breaks in between and one 30 min. lunch break. I teach first through 6th grades, a total of approx. 1000 students, but only have 1/4th of the students each term. Right now I have 4 2nd grade classes before lunch and five 1st grade classes after.
At 2:30 pm I leave work and head straight to the Junior High to pick up my kids. They get out at 2:45, but I usually don't reach the school until nearly 3:00 pm. That is okay with me, because it gives the kids time to gather their stuff, visit with teachers, and even fix grade problems. It also gives the parking lot time to empty out. The road and parking lot at the Junior High are the most stressful and dangerous places to be right before and right after school!
We hurry home so Helena can gather her ballet gear. I drive her to ballet every day at 3:30 pm. On the way back home I try to run any errands needed. When I get home I have to 'crack the whip' over Will to get him to work on his homework. During football season, this is also when I drive him to and from his practices.
I pick Helena back up from ballet at either 6:00 or 6:30, depending on the day. It is a 30 min. round trip to the ballet studio and back each time I drive it. When we get home it is time to help Helena with any studying she needs to do. At that point I need to go to the basement and work on the remodel of the house. Right now I am doing the Spackle on all the finish carpentry nail holes and the caulking of all seams.
Dinner is a sorry affair at our house. Most days it is fend for yourself. I know I could do better in this area, but dinner prep takes time that I usually just don't have. Bill gets home at such sporadic times that I can't predict when to have a traditional meal ready. And, of course, we don't have a dining room because it has been converted to my bedroom during the remodel.
Bill goes to bed around 9:30 and leaves me the dubious pleasure of sending the kids to bed. If I am lucky, I can get the kids to go to bed by 9:30 pm. Usually, however, the kids make it to bed around 10:30 with me following suit at 11:00 pm.