Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Schedule, precious schedule!
Routine. I love it. I have to have it to order my freakishly disordered life. Why? Because chaos usually rules our house in the summertime. I love order, and schedules, and the busyness of after school activities. I am not sure why this is, but even when I was a little girl I couldn't wait for school to start. Why? Not because I enjoyed school. No, I DEFINITELY didn't excel at any particular subject. I was marginal at best in History and Math (because I liked the subject). I was no Rhodes Scholar. No, it was always the routine of the day that I looked forward to. I crave it. I am not sure what I am going to do when Jonathan actually finishes High School. Perhaps take over for some overworked Mom and order their child's life. I complain about how busy we are but secretly I love it! So here's the schedule for this year: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Jonathan has band practice after school and Friday is a game. Mostly home games this year, but there are some away games and a few competitions on Saturday. Slap in some meetings Mark has after school, Sunday activities and there you go with our chaotically ordered life. The funny thing is not everyone loves my precious schedule. I am a list person (see previous blog post http://wwoman2000.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-check.html), constantly going through a "mental checklist" in my mind to ensure I haven't forgotten anything related to the next activity. Jonathan, on the other hand, could inevitably breeze in with just the shirt on his back and has a "whatever" attitude about most anything and everything. It's frustrating. I usually get at least 2 calls a week from said panicked boy wanting to know if I can fit in running a very important item to school before going to work. Yesterday it was a baritone horn. I expect at least another phone call before the end of the week. Welcome to my world, my preciously ordered, scheduled, chaotic world!
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Oh Rhonda... I am with you! I am such a planner! My Franklin Covey is what I call "My Life". I've tried all the ways of keeping my schedule from a Palm Pilot, to on-line calendars, might see what my new Droid X can do... but I MUST HAVE my datebook. Color coded, I might add... to show who is doing what, when etc. I LOVE IT. Can't wait to get our reunion planned. Sorry about not getting back to you sooner. Being in the hospital and all the recovery time, wasn't in my calendar! So.... soon, maybe early in September, when Zach & Miss Kami go back to school, after Amanda's wedding this month, I will have time to sit and call you. But till then..... I'm smiling thinking of you and all our schedule similarities. Hugs!
I wonder if that is an Alley trait? Who knows? I can't believe Amanda's getting married this month! Hard to believe! Congratulate her for us! I didn't realize you were in the hospital, hope you're feeling better! Give me a call anytime! I'd love to get the ball rolling on it and my Uncle on Dad's side of the family is planning our Brown reunion on the 9th! Should be a fun summer next year!
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