Routinely Unroutined

I used to have a pretty solid daily route to include general morning readiness (in a particular order), coffee, making the bed, packing lunch (well, at least sometimes), running 15 minutes late for work, driving 45 minutes to get there, "working", and driving 45 minutes to an hour home, eating something, TV, bed.  Every day for over ten years.  

Now, I'm not usually sure what day it even is.  I can usually get Monday through Friday, but it's actual dates that confound me.  Thankfully Steve Jobs knew I would have this problem and gave my iPhone the answer right on the front screen.  (He apparently also knew I'd have a little time to dedicate to drawing "Katniss" in Draw Something.)  For the most part, I can get out of bed at a generally routine time.  It's what happens after that's completely up in the air.  I always hit to loo (hehe) and brush my teeth, but sometimes I zombie walk into my home office and check email-Pinterest-Facebook-woot-checking account-nhl blogs-kikis list.  By the time I've made the rounds, it's 10am and my friend is IMing me to see if I'm wearing pants yet.  Clearly, there is no time for exercise at this point, and so I shower, put on my very cleanest sweats, finally remember coffee, and assemble some sort of breakfast-like meal.  Back to work, until I realize somehow my hair got wet and I break for a half blow-dry (my flat iron hasn't been turned on in weeks).  Then more working, IMing, surfing....and it's freaking 2pm and lunch is something I remember you eat in the middle of each day.  I eat something from my fridge, not a drive-thru, but only because I'm too lazy for all that going out of the house unless it's for a real event.  Like going to Target.  I put on some jeans (in case Jesus comes home early), and get back to work.  Then 5:30 rolls around and it's like I have another entire day spanned before me, and so I actually cook dinner.  And hang out with my neighbors in the day light, visit with my parents before 9pm, and actually accomplish things in the evening.  Who knew life could be like this? 

I've cooked tons of new dinners, finished home projects that have been lingering for months, and actually done some actual decorating 2+ years after moving in!  I've even successfully made myself exercise for two days in a row...

Pros

The last time I bought gas was April 2nd, and I still have half of a tank.

Eating WAY better and trying lots of new things.

Getting seriously good use out of my home office.

Better coffee.

No traffic.

No parking garages.

No crab bitches.

Enjoying spring evenings.

Exercising.

No closet tantrums when I can't decide what to wear.

Quiet.

Talking to the mailman.

Clean house!

Manicures last twice as long.

No one knows if you're not wearing pants.

Cons

Pinterest making me want to bake.

Baking.

Pinterest making me want to redecorate.

Spending money redecorating.

Too easy to sleep past 8am.

A super large wardrobe that's currently just decoration (to include jewelry and shoes)

Not speaking for consecutive hours.

Loneliness.

Obsessing over anything dirty.  

Going to Target to see humans.

Parents and a BF who must think you're watching TV all day bc they always have tasks to assign!!

Missing my friend.