Probably. I’m guessing. But it equates to 10 destinations.
3-4 are kid activities sports/birthdays/play dates (we only have 1 kid but he’s a busy guy!)
2 weekly dog grooming appointment (doodle!) have to drop her off then pick her up later, so it’s counts as 2
2 we eat out twice on Saturday and once Sunday
Rest are other social, family visits, or hobby activities along with a plethora of random errands; groceries, home center, and a long tail of specialty stores that are individually irregular but always a few every weekend (pool supplies, makeup for my wife, post office/UPS, etc.)
We shop online so mostly avoid malls and department stores unless it’s more of a boutique thing or something we want to see before buying. We don’t do food delivery or groceries unless it’s just curbside thing which is another trip. I hate the online/app shopping experience for things like groceries.
Sometimes I just drive half a mile to get a Big Gulp fountain drink or an ice cream cone with the kid. I could walk or bike, but it’s car centric and 100F outside.
It’s also a huge range and varies a lot by season. We certainly have some weekends we barely leave the house.
That sounds exhausting. I've got 3 kids and a dog and don't go out in the car nearly as much as that. 5 or 6 times a WEEK! I don't know how you have time left for the actual hobbies. We do though, do most shopping online.
> a long tail of specialty stores that are individually irregular but always a few every weekend (pool supplies, makeup for my wife, post office/UPS, etc.)
I always save stuff like that up so I don't need to make an extra trip out
It can be. When I’m exhausted, I take a trip and it involves lots of car rides and flights too.
Hobby time has suffered the most. My philosophy is spend as much time as possible with my kid while he actually wants to be around me. So that’s my hobby now. But I’m also a nocturnal person so I do hobbies from 9pm-3am. Helps that I have a low stress low demand job. I work about 30 hours a week and can do that any time I want. Some weeks I’ll do a 2 on / 5 off schedule. Or work a lot for a month then take the summer off. I realized that’s a luxury most people don’t have.
I do the bulk purchase thing too on lots of stuff but still it seems like there’s always a few places we need to go on any given weekend.
