This could be the dullest post ever written but for the few people out there who are fascinated with the minutiae of suburban living it might hold a modicum of interest.
I started thinking about my daily life and became conscious of the repititious nature of it. Not that I am bored by any means, just that systematic and repetitive routines play an important part in my day to day living. Its not just about doing certain things, but doing them in the same order which gives me some control and organisation. So, detailed below is an introduction to a day in the life of a resident of No 35.
Morning – Pre work – this routine never seems to change and the order of activities remains constant:
7am get up
Go down to kitchen, switch on Radio 4, put kettle on and turn the TV on in the front room to GMTV.
Do some clearing up, load dishwasher and put washing on
Stare out of kitchen window
Remember I should have filled the kettle with water
Make sandwiches and pack them up ready for work and decide not to buy chocolate at work
Weigh myself
Groan
Shower, wash hair and blow dry in front of GMTV with a cup of tea
Eat cereal such as Maple Crisp in front of TV and wish had gone for healthier option but finish bowl anyway because it’s a crime to throw away food
Stare out of front room window watching someone tampering with a car – or maybe just going to work
Panic at lateness of hour
Clean teeth and grout up with make-up
Take Ian tea and cereal in bed
Check out cat – is it still alive? Does it require feeding?
Get dressed and leave for work
Return home as have forgotten sandwiches/phone/purse/pass
See cat has turned up and still shows vital signs so feed it
Exit building
Curse at the time
Evening – after work
Leave work circa 6/6.30
Buy food for dinner from Sainsburys avoiding scary Shirley sorts hanging around own brand vodka
Arrive home, switch on TV, and turn on radio 4 in kitchen – I hate silent rooms when I’m on my own
Put keys back in handbag and throw away chocolate wrapper from work
Hide latest arrival from Amazon
Unpack food in kitchen and put CD on: Elvis or Duffy or some ‘Ethnic tripe’ or maybe a talking book
Prepare food – my own recipes – often an acquired taste…
While food cooks watch Coach Trip
Plan caustic remark in event Ian is late ie arrives after 7.30pm which is courtesy threshold
Ian arrives at 7.35pm
Secretly pleased that Ian is late as can deliver aforementioned pre-prepared caustic remark
Eat together in the Dining Room with candles – many of which I am informed are ‘ a bloody fire hazard.’
Ian doesn’t wash up
Ian watches BBC News while I check out emails and Facebook etc
Ian either watches a film, does some programming or plays his guitar
I read and wish Ian had washed up
Tell Ian to make sure all ‘bloody fire hazard’ candles are blown out before he comes to bed
Clean teeth, remove ‘No More Nails’ grout from chops, check eye brows, put vaseline on lips and retire to bed
Unwrap latest arrival from Amazon and hide in middle of book stack by bed
Listen to Ian playing guitar and wish he practised more often…
ZZZzzzzzzsleepzzzzzZZZZZZ
