It’s time once again for the Friday Five:
1. What are the first things that you do in the morning to start your day?
On a weekday, I get up, hit the head, shave, shower, clothe, give kitty treats to the kitties, drink my juice and vitamins, brush my teeth, kiss Margie goodbye, hop in the car, tune to NPR, drive to the office, card-key my way in, start a pot of coffee dripping, boot up my PC, go get a cup of coffee, sit back down at my desk … and, around then, I wake up.
2. What are the last things that you do at night before going to bed?
Chat with the wife, kiss her good-night, warm up her toes.
3. What daily routine have you recently added to your day?
Well, in the last couple of years I’ve added feeding and bathing the bambina. Is that “recent”? More recent than that, I’ve been Doing the Blog as routinely as I can.
4. What routine do you wish you could get rid of?
Hmmm. I’d say the “getting up at 6:30 a.m. with the Kitten” routine — on those minority of nights when I’m on Duty.
5. What’s the one thing that makes you feel like something is missing if you don’t do it some point within your day?
See, the problem with all of these questions is that they assume a minimum of routine in life. Whereas I am a creature of habit (being essentially a lazy guy). So there are any number of touch-stones during the day which make me feel like I’ve missed something if I don’t do them. Like telling Margie I love her. Play with the Kitten. Go to sleep with the wife. And the more mundane, like showering in my own shower and, of course, Doing the Blog.
Unsolicited Bonus Question 6. What are you doing this weekend?
Today:
Getting over this damned cold.
Watch the Kitten this morning/afternoon.
Make reservations for our anniversary dinner on Monday.
Bringing a ladder over to the Testermans so they can (at some point in time in the future, not to be suggested by me by any means) paint the living room.
Playing Star Wars tonight.
Saturday:
Finishing cleaning up the back yard on Saturday.
Activating the sprinklers.
Prepping for my Sunday game.
Sunday:
Go to church.
Run the second issue of my game, Justice Squad, Vol. 4, on Sunday.
Oh, and all those other routine items I always do …
Hmm…
I don’t think Lou would call it “warming up my toes” when my ice-cubed feet search out his hot legs under the blankets.
Okay, maybe if he’s really hot (as in temperature, silly!) and he needs to be cooled down a bit.
Or if he’s in a really, REALLY nice mood.
I am, I am told, well-trained, in that I crawl into bed while Margie is getting ready and warm up her side of the bed before she gets in.
And if that isn’t enough, Dave brings his nice warm toes over to my side to warm my feet up – literally! I am one very lucky girl!