Breaking The Routine

flyinglentris said:
I kind of like staring at an old ogre in the mirror, every morning. That leaves out cosmeticians.
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I have a life-sized picture of my 22yo face taped to the mirror, so in my mind, I look like this...
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...and it's apparently always Autumn as well! :laugh:
 
flyinglentris said:
I kind of like staring at an old ogre in the mirror, every morning. That leaves out cosmeticians.
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That's not to say that staring at the old ogre isn't just more routine and getting my face mudded would break that routine. It just ain't gonna happen.

:p:
 
flyinglentris said:
But then, kaneohegirlinaz said they all pile into the car and so, an aesthetician could be something else. So I googled. An Aesthetician is a specialist working at a spa giving skin care treatments.
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I should have explained myself better, sorry guys.
When I said we, what I meant was DH, myself and my elder Mother who now lives with us, all went to where I have my eyebrows waxed once a quarter.
And yes, an Aesthetician provides spa like skin care services. My gal use to live near to us and I started going to her when we first moved here to Cowboyville, Arizona USA. She was employed at a Spa treatment facility but has now started her own business 3 towns up, so we make a day of it and go out to lunch after my appointment.
I might be old, but I'll be damned if I'm going to look it! :laugh:
 
I'm thinking about the topic of this thread. I used to break routines. I used to stay away with my friend or go on holiday (just a few days break to the coast). Now I don't do any of that and I have set routine which is necessary to keep my partner (who has dementia) safe and on track and also to be safe regarding Covid.

Maybe I'm stuck in a rut. Oh my :ohmy:. I do get bored because its boring dealing with someone who has limited understanding. But on the other hand I'm continually curious and most days I have some sort of adventure on the internet exploring things I didn't know about and I learn new things from this forum. That keeps me going.
 
Morning Glory said:
I'm thinking about the topic of this thread. I used to break routines. I used to stay away with my friend or go on holiday (just a few days break to the coast). Now I don't do any of that and I have set routine which is necessary to keep my partner (who has dementia) safe and on track and also to be safe regarding Covid.

Maybe I'm stuck in a rut. Oh my :ohmy:. I do get bored because its boring dealing with someone who has limited understanding. But on the other hand I'm continually curious and most days I have some sort of adventure on the internet exploring things I didn't know about and I learn new things from this forum. That keeps me going.
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Our good friend who passed a few years ago, the time it took from diagnosis to death was a long slow period of pain. Be prepared. It's a sad long journey you have started.
Kia kaha, or be Strong Morning Glory our thoughts are with you.
And merry Christmas to you both

Russ
 
When I worked, I was lucky because the one thing that can be said about IT or at least the field I worked in, is that it is never, ever the same. The problem might be, but the solution is rarely. My only routine was to get up, have breakfast, cycle to work (not a set route because I could extend it across the common, through the forest (various path depending on how muddy it was) and through back roads as much as I wanted, or I could just take the only fully road route which was quicker, boring but very dangerous. Once I got to work it was swimming (about 1km) & then shower either before work or at lunchtime.... then cycle home, route dependent on weather ... who was home first cooked and it varied. Hubby cycled to work as well... 5 days a week. Saturday mornings varied but usually the weekly shopping, however we changed life around a tad and sometimes did the shopping on a Thursday night instead. Sat afternoon was often gardening, and Sunday was a bike ride in the morning, rest in the afternoon, (aka gardening)...

Things changed at weekends because it was a boarding school, so about once a month, I'd be out all weekend camping out somewhere hunting lost teenagers and so on... once a year we'd have the survival weekend for the 3rd form. Mandatory attendance but I was pretty much the only female in the school who was happy going,... So school events broke up the routine a lot.

Plus I ran a private IT business so weekends and after work were often spent working... And we dig or child day as needed. A friend had 2 children, one with special needs and she'd often be ill and want to come over to stay with us. Another close family friend had 2 collies, and I'd dog sit for them periodically. If it was a school holiday then they'd come to work with me, so we'd live at our friends place for 2-3 weeks and drive to work in her vehicle with the 2 dogs. They were as good as gold with me and after the initial shock of seeing 2 large active dogs in a server room or technicians room, and then realising that they would just sleep under my desk for the entire day (with suitable breaks) my boss was fine with it. Once word got out, the 2 Collies had endless walks if I knew the students could cope with them. Lunch would be an hour's walk/run giving them plenty of exercise.... They were dogs that needed lots of exercise.

Now, not yet working again, my routine is simple. I do an hour and I have to rest my back. Then I can do some more. In summer it's a case of doing what you need to outside as soon as you get up, before it is too warm to really do anything but more importantly before the flies wake up. There's usually a few hours peace and quiet before they arrive on mass in the morning... after about 9-10am you're in the house hiding from the heat and the flies. Routine becomes what you make of it. I've no set day for washing or hovering, it dusting except that I'll start at the beginning of the week and it is weather dependent... Even cooking is weather dependent in summer.

I guess physio once a week at a set time is my only routine at present. That and my bedtime... :whistling:
 
Camping used to be my break from routine. Get away from the creature comforts, and "rough it" in the woods. Now that I have an AWD vehicle that is better suited to getting off the beaten path, I'd like to resume some of my camping activities. I still have most of my camping gear, at least the most essential items.

CD
 
Sticky Fingers said:
I don't work!!!
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Me neither but that only makes my routine more boring.

I guess being physically disabled makes it a lot harder to not have a boring routine. I try to go out and see another place than my hometown at least once every two weeks, but that's about it for breaking the routine here.

So I guess I am the wrong person to ask :shy:

As for my routine, I cook our main meal in the morning because we eat a hot meal at noon due to my illness. Then if I am psysically able I clean a bit around the house or do some shopping or excercise, and then the rest of the day for me is spent in bed and/or behind the computer or on the couch with a book due to pain. Sometimes I write or draw as well.

If we go out to do something that's always the only thing I do that day, and we're usually away for either a morning or an afternoon because the amount of activity I can do is restricted. On those days we also either eat out or order food, or eat leftovers.

The only thing really breaking my routine is never knowing how much I can do any given day..
 
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A routine was one of the things I made sure to establish when Covid hit last year. I was all alone in the house with only the dog to talk to (for 10 months) so I thought: "Either I get a routine going, or I´m going to go nuts".
The first 5 months, I decided to dedicate to the garden. First of all, I dug a 4mt x 4 mt pit, 1 mt deep, and started filling it with broken sticks, leaves, kitchen waste, earth, horse dung - so that this year I´d be able to use it to grow tomatoes.
The other thing I did was to completely re-do the border of the front garden(which is filled with bromelias). I did about 4 mts at a time; pulled out ALL the plants, discarded the dead ones, replanted, fumigated, added new trunks, etc.
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My out-of-routine was always in the afternoons and usually involved cooking. "Today I´m going to try to make the perfect panna cotta" - and off I went. "I´ve never made a carrot cake" - so down to the supermarket to buy carrots,etc.
 
karadekoolaid said:
A routine was one of the things I made sure to establish when Covid hit last year. I was all alone in the house with only the dog to talk to (for 10 months) so I thought: "Either I get a routine going, or I´m going to go nuts".
The first 5 months, I decided to dedicate to the garden. First of all, I dug a 4mt x 4 mt pit, 1 mt deep, and started filling it with broken sticks, leaves, kitchen waste, earth, horse dung - so that this year I´d be able to use it to grow tomatoes.
The other thing I did was to completely re-do the border of the front garden(which is filled with bromelias). I did about 4 mts at a time; pulled out ALL the plants, discarded the dead ones, replanted, fumigated, added new trunks, etc. View attachment 77726
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My out-of-routine was always in the afternoons and usually involved cooking. "Today I´m going to try to make the perfect panna cotta" - and off I went. "I´ve never made a carrot cake" - so down to the supermarket to buy carrots,etc.
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What a fab garden. Where was your partner during this time (just being nosey)?
 
Windigo said:
Me neither but that only makes my routine more boring.

I guess being physically disabled makes it a lot harder to not have a boring routine. I try to go out and see another place than my hometown at least once every two weeks, but that's about it for breaking the routine here.

So I guess I am the wrong person to ask :shy:

As for my routine, I cook our main meal in the morning because we eat a hot meal at noon due to my illness. Then if I am psysically able I clean a bit around the house or do some shopping or excercise, and then the rest of the day for me is spent in bed and/or behind the computer or on the couch with a book due to pain. Sometimes I write or draw as well.

If we go out to do something that's always the only thing I do that day, and we're usually away for either a morning or an afternoon because the amount of activity I can do is restricted. On those days we also either eat out or order food, or eat leftovers.

The only thing really breaking my routine is never knowing how much I can do any given day..
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That sounds exactly like the last 7 years of my life sadly.

If we did anything, that's all I do that day. The rest of the day is usually spent in bed recovering from whatever it was we did...
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
That sounds exactly like the last 7 years of my life sadly.

If we did anything, that's all I do that day. The rest of the day is usually spent in bed recovering from whatever it was we did...
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Yes- I figured your life would be quite similar. I hope for us both that we will get better treatments in the future so we can live a little more :hug:

And then some people tell me they're jealous because I don't have to work. They have no idea :speechless:
 
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