Routine is good…right?
We are getting back into the normal routine today and it’s hard. Hubby is back to work, my son goes back to preschool, and even my son’s city class starts back today. Mornings are back to moving quickly with lots of multitasking to get us all out the door in time. It’s the 3rd day in January and the calendar is already filling up with hubby’s work appointments, school functions, and other obligations. We packed up the Christmas decorations yesterday and now the house seems so plain and uninteresting. It will feel like this for at least a week or two.
Hubby has been off of work for a week and a half and let me tell you I have gotten used to having an extra pair of hands helping with the boys during the day. The past week my family has lived in pajamas and we have only taken showers when necessary. We watched movies, played tons of games, visited the park about a billion times, and I have all loved every minute of this wonderful, beautiful, fun filled family time. But this all ends today.
It’s sad because we had so much fun and had so much relaxation, yet I am telling myself it’s also good because it’s the normal, daily routine that makes these special weeks that much more special. What would I rather do then get back in our routine today? I would love the endless days in our pajamas to continue, my hubby could be home with us all the time, the boys could go to school I guess but only for a few hours, and then they must return to our sanctuary of relaxation. Of course that can’t happen all the time; that can’t be our new routine because we aren’t independently wealthy.
So as much as I am not looking forward to sending my hubby off to work, or dropping my son off at preschool, or going to my other son’s city class I am convincing myself it’s time that things got back to normal. I am sure it’s time for our routine to start up again.Routine is good; that is what everyone says. Routine is good…right?
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I do think routine is good on several levels. Like you said, routines make these non-routine times special and special times are so very precious. I also think routines keep us all “grounded” in reality and those who lose site of reality, like professional politicians and the very wealthy, lose site of what is really needed.
Do you think routine is good? I'm not so sure. http://t.co/ZVYO0ofe
I think routine can be comforting and controlling at the same time. I try to keep part of the day as routine (not timed) and the rest free for whatever. Routine does help keep young kid tantrums minimal, that’s the comforting part. When they know what to expect and decisions are in their hands, its nice to watch them reap the consequences for completing routine things and on the flip, learning that they are not so fun consequences when they choose not to complete routines and they have control of the outcome.