I run my days/nights with military precision during the week.
Every second/minute is accounted for.
God help the person who messes with that flow.
During the week – I start my day at 0515.
0515 – UP – shower – stumble downstairs – tripping over cats to make cup of coffee. Feed cats while water is boiling.
0518 – back upstairs – still tripping over cats to dry hair and pick ensemble for the day.
0519 – start drying hair – dry dry dry – flat iron flat iron flat iron – screw it – it’s a pony tail kinda day.
0535 – make bed. Pick and discard multiple outfits which of course every one of them needs ironing – screw it – throw them in drier with damp towel to ease the wrinkles. Who the hell has time to iron??
0550 – start donning out door gear – layers – it’s all about layers.
0555 – cat food and beet pulp in hand open garage door to greet starving cats. Turn on outdoor flood lights.
0557 – find flash light and open back door to walk the “green mile” to the prancing herd of idiots who are starving.
0600 – meet and greet my said prancing herd of idiots- grain grain grain – clean up the barn and make sure he does not steal his food while she is eating to make sure she does not get her food stolen – screw it – you guys figure it out.
0610 – after walking on the field of frozen poop marbles get hay – dump in feeder – gotta feed Girl Horse separately – the boys do NOT like to share – load up trusty sled to toss hay here there and everywhere to facilitate them moving about.
0620 – Back into the house to do the dance of getting out of all the winter gear.
NOTE – no cold hands and wet feet yet – read back through last year’s winters posts – I did a lot of bitching about that!
0630- take ensemble of the day out of dryer and wrinkle free
0632 – brush teeth
0633 – get dressed – DAMMIT – I am so NOT feeling this outfit today – rummage and find something else – no wrinkles?? score – if wrinkled DAMMIT I’ll wear what I picked the first time – but I won’t like it!!!
0634 – while brushing teeth – run outside to start truck.
0635 – get dressed – apply make up – and flat iron hair more because stupid winter hat made it frizz. Stupid frizz – pony tail.
0637 – pack bag and turn off all the lights that I have turned on as a reminded that I needed to do something in that room.
0640 – drive to work – 40 minutes.
0720(ish) until 1700 – AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!
NOTE – when my son is here – 0610 means wake up and breakfast for him while he does his thing and is in the truck with me asleep before we hit the end of the driveway and drop him at his fathers – NOW – when he is not at our house – skip up to 0720 – back up to 0710 where I stop at his fathers to wake him and make sure he is ready to face the day with a smile because the first 10 minutes of your day dictate how your day will go so I make sure he is awake and engaged and he knows that I love him.
I have been doing this routine for just over a year as a farmer. The routine with my son – I have been doing for 15 years – his happiness means that much to me.
Evening routine is a little different and I’ll post that one either tomorrow or Monday.
FYI – weekends are a free for all – I sleep in until at least 0600 and it’s a different flow.
Oh – maybe I will do a video when it’s light and you can see it – that would be cool – not the shower part I do have some dignity. Yes or at least record it and post it.
A glimpse at my day.
Now you know why I go to bed at 2100!!!
Orange Acres 