Sister's Days...

All of my Sister's have posted about their morning and what they do each morning. Most of us have a routine even if we don't call it that. Betty posted hers first yesterday and I thought it was pretty great and I thought I should do that but I woke up yesterday and started my say at 1:00 AM and did not want to tell that so I thought I will post my day tomorrow, which is today...

This morning I woke up at 12:30 AM ...worse than yesterday. But I made myself lay in bed till 3:30. At 3;30 I got up and made the bed and then laid down on the bed and pulled up the Elvis throw, Rhea bought me for my birthday,over me to keep warm. I turned on the TV in my room to try to stay in there till a more reasonable hour. I watched a last part of an old Matlock rerun and an old Little house episode....

Now it is 5:00 Am and I decide it is time to get up. Most days I wake up about 5 or maybe a little before. I get up and straighten the bed. I go to the bathroom, brush my teeth, come down the stairs and start a pot of coffee....I always set up the coffee pot the night before and it does have a timer but I never use it because I want it when I want it and I never know for sure just when I will be down. The whole pot of coffee is just for me and if I want I usually drink it all especially when it is cold outside. I sometimes buy a special blend vanilla or something along that line. If it is just plain Folgers coffee I add a little nutmeg, or vanilla, or cinnamon. I always drink it black and make it weak.

While the coffee is perking I always start the computer. The first thing I log into is my gmail account to see if I have anything from the attorney. She is a night person and sometimes sends out emails at 10 PM or so. I always breathe a sigh of relief when there is not an email. I then know I will not hear from her till 10:00AM or not at all. Either way there is nothing I have to hunt up, send off, or think about.I like that.

Then I go get a cup of coffee and come back to read Pat's blog. If she has not posted I go to Betty's blog. Usually one of the 2 have a post. Then I go to Fleta's the whole time thinking, 'There's not much use in this." As we all know Fleta is not a BIG poster... After I read all of the Sisters blog I check Winnie's blog...I don't ever hold my breath on that one either. But it is enjoyable when there is a post. I check out all of the kids blogs and then go to Velvet's. I enter most blogs through Pat's links. There is Carmon in NM but she is really sick and I do not check hers a lot. We have a lot of different life views but I always think it is nice when I see a comment on there from Pat or velvet because someone needs to be more compassionate than me.

After that I check the news sites...MSN, Democratic Underground, Google, Channel 3 local news, and I always try the 'today show ' page but they want to throw me into video watching and I want to read what is going on.....Sometimes there is a video on there I will watch. I watched the Edwards video yesterday.

If none of the Sisters posted earlier then I check them all again and will resort to Betty's dog site because I know it will have some dead animal post on it. And i then check all of my email addresses...I now have 3...

By now it is almost 7 and I have drank 3 or 4 cups of coffee. I have to have some toast or a bagel or something to counteract all of that coffee...

Time for the boy to get up if he hasn't all ready. We lay his clothes out the night before and if he gets up and dressed he can watch TV. So I go up stairs and get him up and going. I see what he wants for breakfast. It is always oatmeal or pancakes....I fix his breakfast and he is down by 7:15 all dressed and teeth brushed. I spray down his hair and comb it so it is dry by the time we have to leave the house. If I have not gotten dressed yet I do it now.

I turn on some kids movie and he gets to watch it while he eats. I go back to the computer. Check Sister's blogs again. By now it is 8:15 in AR and the only hope of a post is Patsy or Winnie.

At 7:50 I tell Benjamin to get his shoes on. Grab his coat. Grab his back pack and put a snack in it and a fresh bottle of water. We get in the car and I drive him 4 blocks to school. I park in front of the cross walk in the handicap spot and walk him across into the school yard. Letting him know if I will be picking him up or if he will go to after school care. And then drive home.

As soon as I get home I grab another cup of coffee and I go up stairs. I make up the boys bed and I always put something like a stuffed snake curled up in the middle of it for him to find when he gets home. I then go in and straighten up his bathroom and wipe it down. Then if I feel like it I make up Missy's bed. Trust me this is simply for me she does not care one way or another. If there is laundry (at least 3 times a week) I throw it down stairs.

I then go into my room and get my contacts in if I have not all ready done that. Sometimes take a shower and re dress if I need to go anywhere like to a Doctor, like today at 9. I try to put on make up but sometimes do not feel like it and do not do it, but I try. I also take my stomach pills and blood pressure pills and if I need it a Klonipin.

Then back down stairs. I then start the laundry and if I have an appointment I usually have to leave then. I always try to make my appointments around 9-1 so I avoid a lot of traffic. If I don't have an appointment I pick up the house or get back on the computer. I call Pat almost every day. Sometimes I call Clayton even though I know I just annoy him. Sometimes Pat or Clayton has a funny ditty to tell me.

Rather than read or watch TV I am mostly on the computer or cleaning. I usually have supper cooked for the 3 of us and we eat early around 4:45 because the boy has to have all of his home work, shower, and everything done by 7:30, bed time.

In the evening after I clean up supper I go upstairs and take a long bath, slip into bed and usually watch a little TV...Often reruns of some old show. I am usually asleep by 8:30 or so.....