[Blessings2You]

I don't mean my body, that ship sailed a long time ago. I mean my routine, my schedule, my way of doing things.

I never used to understand why it freaked out my parents so much when something messed up their routines. I promised myself I'd never get like that. Boy, was I naive and stupid.

Now I'll admit that I would be more flexible, if not actually spontaeous, if I lived alone, but I don't live alone and don't WANT to live alone. So now we're talking two people with routines and schedules. My husband is less flexible than I am, though I'm sure he doesn't realize it!

So when my daughter calls and says she "might" be over today (a reasonable thing) our immediate reaction (right after "oh good!") is to get flustered and wonder how that will disrupt our schedules, and how we can adjust!

Of COURSE my daughter knows we always eat "brunch", anywhere between 10:45-11:30. Can we wait and eat at 1:00? Of course! But she has no way of knowing how a change in eating time disrupts every other part of our routine...timing of meds, naps, chores, etc.

Now I'm not truly freaked out. Just one more little reminder of how things really are, and one more apology I owe my parents!! In the meantime, I'm waiting for my daughter to call and WILLING myself not to act like a freak and try to pin her down to an ETA right to the minute!!