Some people say that they hate routine… but actually I’m the type of person that thrives on it.
I’m busy enough as it is – but knowing what I’m doing and having everything planned out… sometimes to the minute – is a great thing for me. I can’t help it that I find a fully booked calendar a beautiful thing!
But – I’ve been off my routine now for the past 3 months. With a lot of traveling lately as well as the holidays and well, with life just getting in the way – I’m happy to be getting back to my routine.
A lot of my friends think my routine and schedule are crazy and well, I tend to agree with them. However – it makes me happy. And a happy Millie is a good thing!
So what is my routine/schedule? Well – prepare yourselves!
Monday
- Wake: 5AM (Do devotional)
- Gym: 5:30AM
- Back home: 7AM
- Breakfast: 7AM
- Shower: 7:15
- Go to work: 8AM
- Arrive at work: 9AM
- Leave work: 6PM
- Swim Practice: 7:50-8:30PM
- Back at home: 9:30PM
- Sleep (if I’m lucky): 10:30-11PM
Tuesday
- Wake: 5AM(Do Devotional)
- Gym: 5:30AM
- Back home: 7AM
- Breakfast: 7AM
- Shower: 7:15
- Go to work: 8AM
- Arrive at work: 9AM
- Leave work: 6PM
- Spanish Class: 7:30-9:00PM
- Back at home: 9:30PM
- Sleep (if I’m lucky): 10:30-11PM
Wednesday
- Wake: 5AM(Do Devotional)
- Gym: 5:30AM
- Back home: 7AM
- Breakfast: 7AM
- Shower: 7:15
- Go to work: 8AM
- Arrive at work: 9AM
- Leave work: 6PM
- Free night! Which means, I’ll make dinner plans with friends, rest and do nothing, go rock climbing, study Spanish and/or preparing for my ESL teaching class…
- Sleep (if I’m luck): 10:30-11PM
Thursday
- Wake: 5AM(Do Devotional)
- Gym: 5:30AM
- Back home: 7AM
- Breakfast: 7AM
- Shower: 7:15
- Go to work: 8AM
- Arrive at work: 9AM
- Leave work: 6PM
- Teach ESL: 6:45-9:30PM
- Back at home: 10:30PM
- Sleep (if I’m lucky): 11PM
Friday
- Wake: 6:30AM – I’m going to sleep in… why? Because it’s Friday and I need to rest my body and not work out!
- Breakfast: 7AM
- Shower: 7:15
- Go to work: 8AM
- Arrive at work: 9AM
- Leave work: 6PM
- Free night – which means I’ll either be doing Happy Hour with friends or going home to veg out…
- Sleep – who knows?
Saturday
- Wake: 7:30AM – Woohoo! To my body that’s sleeping in!
- Long Weekend Run: 9AM
- Back home: 12PM
- Saturday is usually a free day – but I’m usually running around doing something, lunch with friends, dinner with friends, cleaning, laundry…
Sunday
- Wake: 7:00AM
- Volunteer at Cherrydale Health and Rehab Center: 8AM
- Back home: 12PM
- Sunday is another free day- usually visiting my family out in the boondocks of Sterling, Virginia.
- Church: 5:30PM
- Dinner with the family (if one is planned): 7PM or later
- Back at home: 9PM
- Sleep: 11PM
Yes – that’s my week – generally packed to where I really am planning things down to the minute.
Looking at this packed schedule… well… I guess with one of my goals to rest more isn’t really being fulfilled… HOWEVER – the fact that I have two free nights (Wednesdsay/Friday) as well as relatively free weekends – that’s a great thing! Because for awhile I had something going on nearly every single night. And something going on nearly every single weekend for the past FOUR MONTHS!
So – looking at my crazy jammed packed schedule – and realizing that my time is precious – I’m going to really work hard at saying no when people ask me to do things with them… think I can do it? Well, I’m going to try.
But I actually am happy that I have this routine… I know…I’m crazy – no need to tell me again. 
Can I saw however that being back in the routine means I’m making myself breakfast… and breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. I LOVE breakfast. And this is what I had to eat this morning! Looks delicious doesn’t it?
