I'm realizing there are things I could do after work (besides hitting the gym) that will help me unwind/relax/get ready for the next day.

Examples:  prepack my lunch, set out work clothes to wear tomorrow (so I'm not blindly fishing through my closet half-asleep), drink some caffeine-free herbal tea, meditate for 10-20 minutes, get back on EE LOL.

How about you?  What do you do when you get home after a long day?

Ha ha. I'm not actually drinking at the moment, and haven't for several weeks, but yeah. I like a cold one after work! I also like to read for a bit or chat on the phone before making supper.

My decompression time is spent in my car.  I have the perfect commute, it is 30 minutes, alone in my car with a cup of hot coffee. It gives me time to mentally shift gears.  Any longer and it is too long and any shorter is not enough time.  I have mercury in sag on my MC. 

I get up from the kitchen table and make dinner. ;-)

Having just gotten a dog, I'm trying to get in the habit of going for a walk with him when I get home from work.  Since I sit most of the time at work, the physical exercise is really helping my mental health.

• Eat dinner
• Take a shower
• Read my Kindle

I usually only have time to come home, put away whatever I hadn't consumed from my little cooler (usually Mountain Dews), then brush my teeth, take my two allergy pills (which also make me tired), feed my kitty cat, and go to bed. 

On Fridays I may stay up for a little bit and get online, but it depends on my mood.

Cup of coffee is the first thing...then onto workout, dinner, lunch prep and then bed.

Talk to my fam, eat some food, go online for a little bit. Then get ready for bed and read my cards and give myself reiki 'til I fall asleep.

walk in door

trip over shoes

greet kitties

feed kitties

open beer

think about food

eat

elsa or other surfing

bed and reading

I should be adding:

clean a bit before bed so I could exercise instead of clean in the morning!!!

cleaning up my shoes...EVER...but that would break #2 in my evening routine

during the week: going out for dinner or a beer or even a movie instead of staying home (why only do these things on the weekend?)

language study or practice somewhere in town

I think in every way I should reduce the surfing.

Take off my bra.

I totally need to reduce the surfing...and amen to removing the bra, nightowl! 

damn it!!!  good point nightowl113

why on earth am I still wearing this damned thing?

Hell yeah ladies! Most of the time if someone asks me to do something post-bra I have to weigh how important they are to me versus how much I am willing to put the bra back on. Once it's off it's off and I am IN for the night! Pajamapalooza!