Day in the Life: Ron “Coop” Cooper
February 2, 2009
10:00 a.m. – Wake up, turn on CNN to make sure the world is still turning. Lately it’s been wobbly.
10:30 a.m. – Head to the bathroom, make sure my body still functions.
10:45 a.m. – Put on some rockabilly music to shake the cobwebs out of my head.
11:00 a.m. – Start CD to tape Grateful Dead Concert from 1972 with Cold Rain and Snow opener.
11:11 a.m. – Check e-mail.
11:30 a.m. – Check weather. Same weather, different day.
12:00 p.m. – Better half Connie comes home with lunch.
12:30 p.m. – Talk to my cat Booboo. Booboo is having a great day.
1:00 p.m. – “Jerry Springer Show.” It makes me feel better about my life.
2:00 p.m. – Shower to get ready to go to work.
3:30 p.m. – Arrive at the PEC.
3:35 p.m. – Check in with my helper Bruce Kriegel to see what’s up in Bruce’s world.
3:45 p.m. – Get Gatorade ready for track team.
4:00 p.m. – Put baskets up, take tennis nets down.
4:05 p.m. – Start the laundry from now until closing time.
5:15 p.m. – Unlock locker because somebody’s backpack strap is stuck in it.
6:00 p.m. – Get student workers started on laundry and lock upstairs.
6:30 p.m. – Frisbee guys show up.
8:00 p.m. – Baseball guys show up.
9:00 p.m. – Men’s tennis shows up.
10:00 p.m. – Start putting laundry in lockers, make the workers do most of it.
10:30 p.m. – Take basketball laundry to Darby.
11:00 p.m. – Lock PEC, kick everybody out. “You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here.”
11:20 p.m. – Last load of laundry.
11:30 p.m. – Head for home, hope the car starts and the tires aren’t flat.
12:00 a.m. – Tune into History Channel for “UFO Hunters.” AWESOME!!
12:10 a.m. – Tune in the radio to “Coast to Coast” radio to get the real news.
3:00 a.m. – Off to lala land… Sweet dreams.