Morning routine

 Old age necessitates routine. 

I’m 74. Is that considered old age? I sure did think so when my mother was that age! 

We make the bed every day! Whoever gets up last usually gets that chore. 

So, get out of bed, get slippers and bathrobe, turn up the heat, turn off outdoor lights, take meds, So then I shuffle to the kitchen to make the essential 8 cups of coffee- grind beans, add water and let it brew. It’s odd that 8 cups of coffee in the coffee maker really only gives us 2 cups each! I guess our cups are not the same as the manufacturer’s measure.

Then it’s computer time while the coffee brews... I love doing puzzles like Connections and Wordle as well as a few games of solitaire. Messages and messenger also get checked as well as email. None of that ever is very interesting. 

Sitting at the kitchen table with my coffee, breakfast, and iPad is especially pleasing when it’s sunny like today,

What happens next is completely random! Also a sign of old age but so different from back in the day when every day had its specific tasks- laundry on Monday, ironing on Tuesday etc.  That has never been my style!

 Today, I continued putting things away into cupboards now that the kitchen is done. I clean as I move around the house because of construction dust. It’s getting there slowly but surely. The floors are next. Arie will vacuum and I’ll wash the kitchen and bathroom floors. I also plan to shampoo the carpet bit by bit. 

I do enjoy that first hour routine.