Daily Life
I try to keep my life simple and, for the most part, it works. I have my routines that, if not followed, end up leaving me out of sorts and yes, even grumpy sometimes. And no, that's nothing to do with my no longer drinking coffee—something that I had to do cold turkey on orders of my health care professional. You wouldn't have liked me during those first few days/weeks ... oh boy, no.
But where was I? Oh, yes, routines. I get up at roughly the same time every morning, 7:45, when my iWatch quietly chimes. And yes, it's enough to wake me. I get up and most morning, to wake up, I step in the shower even before I brush my teeth. It's the one thing guaranteed to wake me up. I have something of a leisurely breakfast compared to most, including the OH, who never allows enough time to get themselves organised before heading out the door.
The last vestiges of breakfast over, I'm then usually out the door by 10am in order to catch the bus at 10:06 to head to either the nearest supermarket or my favourite market, the Halle, where I pick up fresh stuff for dinner. Like this morning, I grabbed a fresh baguette still warm from the oven, ripe plum tomatoes and a red pepper for the tomato soup currently slow cooking in the oven. Before I stopped at my favourite patisserie to pick up a strawberry and rhubarb pie for dessert, and then, some thick dessert cream.
Chores out the way, I then feel like the rest of the day is mine to write, blog, post photos I might have snapped while out, and generally hang out over on Mastodon social.lol finding out what everyone else is doing. Once lunch is over, I spend quite a bit of time throughout the afternoon writing for my own self indulgence, finish any other chores that need doing (think, laundry) and prep anything I might need to do for that evening's dinner.
Dinner over, me and mine usually spend about an hour catching up on our day while supposedly watching the news, but it's usually just a noise going on in the background. The end of the news usually signals us doing the dishes together before settling down on the couch to watch what ever we can find on the telly, or watching a DVD from our stash. We never stay up too late because the OH has some really early starts, so find ourselves going to bed between 10:30 and 11 pm each evening.
You could say I'm consistent, you could say I'm boring, or that I'm a creature of habit and routine. Whatever, it works for for me, my routines make sure I'm not bored or lonely, and that I have direction and purposes, and these days, we all need that in our lives. Especially when there are no guarantees or certainty in life.
And you, how do you spend most of your days?