Routines
i'm a creature of habit and i like it like that. i'm fond of my routines--they give me comfort and structure. what i find most interesting are the things that we do every day, even every week. for example, every wednesday, i put the pajamas in the wash that i've been wearing since sunday. every sunday, i put on a fresh set, and so it goes.
every thursday i do at least one load of wash so it's not overwhelming on sunday--which is when we do sheets, towels, and the rest of our weekly laundry. i mean, what drives me to be like this? i have no real idea, but i love the simple fact of telling people our laundry routine.
or how about the fact that i do everything in the same order every work day from when i get up, with the exception if i need toilet time before heading out. and how the first thing i do, after letting the girls out on the porch when i get home is to immediately change into my pajamas. man, they are so comfy. i need a job where i can either wear shorts and t-shirts, or better yet, pajamas. that would be so cool.
i think we all relish in our routines. yes, they seem dull, but i know we would be lost without them. i think how much our routine is changed when, for example, the adorable one and i had to carpool due to inclement weather last year. the adorable one, i think genetically, just doesn't seem to be a morning person, which is actually when i am most alert and functioning.
on the other hand, whereas i am happiest being in bed at 9:30 p.m., the adorable one is the proverbial night owl. through routine though, the adorable one has converted to my bedtime way of thinking. which personally, i don't think is a bad thing. but hoo boy, do i get reminded of the adorable one's glory days of staying up to all hours, on school nights no less (that means work nights), that he would stay up to watch really dumb movies.
oh yay, where was i? routines, yes. sometimes i think about the people whose lives are massively disrupted, like hurricane victims. how do they re-establish routines? i'm sure it's just something you do. people have been doing it since the beginning of time. but i always wonder about it.
thankfully, i'm not such a routine freak that i can't bend the rules occasionally. like hey, staying up past my bed time. now, if i could just get back into the routine of going to the gym, i would have it made.
every thursday i do at least one load of wash so it's not overwhelming on sunday--which is when we do sheets, towels, and the rest of our weekly laundry. i mean, what drives me to be like this? i have no real idea, but i love the simple fact of telling people our laundry routine.
or how about the fact that i do everything in the same order every work day from when i get up, with the exception if i need toilet time before heading out. and how the first thing i do, after letting the girls out on the porch when i get home is to immediately change into my pajamas. man, they are so comfy. i need a job where i can either wear shorts and t-shirts, or better yet, pajamas. that would be so cool.
i think we all relish in our routines. yes, they seem dull, but i know we would be lost without them. i think how much our routine is changed when, for example, the adorable one and i had to carpool due to inclement weather last year. the adorable one, i think genetically, just doesn't seem to be a morning person, which is actually when i am most alert and functioning.
on the other hand, whereas i am happiest being in bed at 9:30 p.m., the adorable one is the proverbial night owl. through routine though, the adorable one has converted to my bedtime way of thinking. which personally, i don't think is a bad thing. but hoo boy, do i get reminded of the adorable one's glory days of staying up to all hours, on school nights no less (that means work nights), that he would stay up to watch really dumb movies.
oh yay, where was i? routines, yes. sometimes i think about the people whose lives are massively disrupted, like hurricane victims. how do they re-establish routines? i'm sure it's just something you do. people have been doing it since the beginning of time. but i always wonder about it.
thankfully, i'm not such a routine freak that i can't bend the rules occasionally. like hey, staying up past my bed time. now, if i could just get back into the routine of going to the gym, i would have it made.
posted by the princess at 9/24/2008
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