Routine Mundaness

The mundaness of routine irks me. Lately everything irks me. This is quite possibly due to the incremental stress that has been placed upon my life. Dealing with family is one thing, dealing with work another, but dealing with fosters plus throw in trying to honor my charitable/volunteering efforts and its a whole mess of soggy cheerios in spoilt milk. Where's the time for me? Where's the time to kick back and relax? It doesn't exist in my life. Even when I do try to make me time, there's no time to relax because of all the piling chores/renovations/house stuff/family issues/being there for friends/feeling guilty when I'm not, that I need to take care of but have been delaying because I'm too busy trying to juggle it all.

Sometimes I wish i could just disappear, even if its just for a few minutes. Im sure I could accomplish a lot in a few minutes. That's the problem with people like me, the clock is always ticking, and the heart racing to complete the next task. As soon as one thing is crossed off the list, theres another waiting with a new deadline. I just dont have the time to breathe let alone sit down and ponder on life. I barely have time relax to take a crap because I'm too busy trying to think of what to do next.

It's people like me who love to complain about being busy, yet when we aren't busy, we complain about being bored. There's just no pleasing assholes.

Complications leads to tremendous details and routine.

I was sitting here pondering about my morning routine and figured I should write it down. While writing it down I realized that the amount of time I spend doing things for others far exceeds the amount of time I take to tend to myself. After review of the routine below, i think it's time to re-assess the situation and figure out a means to cut down so I can more time to focus on myself and make a cup of Nespresso before heading off to work. (The ultimate goal of course :P)

Let the dogs go outside to pee.
Prep 3 clean bowls of dental water
Prep 2 clean bowls of dog food
Prep 2 clean bowls of cat food.
Let the dogs back in.
Collect Princey's dirty bowls and set up new bowls.
Clean up kitty litter
Fresh water for dogs, Feed the dogs
Go upstairs, collect Leo's dirty bowls and set up new bowls
Clean up kitty litter
Collect dog finished bowls
Go downstairs, apply lotion to Princey ringworm
Go back upstairs apply lotion and antibiotics to Leo's ringworm
Wash hands and all related peripherals.
Wash all the dirty bowls

All the above takes me close to 45minutes.

Only after all that do i go and shower, get dressed, put on my face. This only takes me about 1/2 hour because by this time, Im rushing to get to work.

I dont blame you for being tired after reading this post.