“My Week”

Life is feeling a bit repetitive right now, and it's flying past much too quickly.

Life is feeling a bit repetitive right now, and it's flying past much too quickly. ;-)

Here's my weekday schedule:

• 6:30 — wake up!, shower, etc.
• 7:15 — read
• 7:45 — coffee at Dunkin Donuts
• 8:30 — stat working
• 10:00 — break, say hi to Corinne and Lauren
• 12:00 — lunch
• 1:30 — another break (sometimes)
• 6:00 — move from office to dining room, have dinner, watch Lauren
• 7:00 — Wednesdays and Fridays only — go to Westerly for class
• 9:00 — give Lauren her last bottle, put her to bed
• 11:00 — go to bed

Boring.

Times are variable by up to an hour, depending on the day, but the basic structure doesn't really change.

There are a few exceptions: two or three times per month I awaken Lauren early and pack her up for a trip to visit her Mom in Norwalk or her Dad in Somers. Both are about two hours away. It's a pain in the butt, but it provides a little variety in my week and it's good to see both of them. (Oddly, I can actually sit and talk to Mike in prison for 60-90 minutes, but Shannon can't have visits at the halfway house so all I can do is drop Lauren off and pick her up again a few hours later. When Lauren is visiting Shannon, I work from Starbucks for a few hours.)

The other exception: Tuesday mornings I have breakfast with Rich at 9:00 (again, times may vary, right Rich?) at a little diner in North Kingstown, RI, then we go back to his house to work for a few hours.

Do you see what's missing? I haven't ridden my bike since November 1st!

Something's going to have to change. If the monotonous schedule doesn't drive me nuts (and I think Corinne is feeling it at least as badly as I am), the lack of exercise certainly will.