The Routine

I've always prided myself on being one of those on-the-go, schedule-never-set, ready-for-whatever-holds moms. When the two older girls were younger they of course had a nap time, bedtime and such.... But I never wanted it rigid so there was always a level of flexibility to our (my) life, and luckily it worked for everyone involved. The same could be said for Corinne now, probably even more.

Cut to this past Christmas break, the first one with the two older girls in school and me working at the preschool. A holiday time filled with zero schedules and even less routine. As much as I hate to admit it, the whole thing made me grumpy. I began to notice the mood shift within my self last week, but couldn't pinpoint the cause. Too much togetherness has never been an issue but I was truly crabby by the end of last week.

As this week is coming to a close I'm beginning to feel more myself, less grumpy and more the carefree person I normally feel like. Today I finally think I got it, the lack of routine. It's been a long time (almost 8 years) since I've had such a schedule to follow each day and truly week, and I can't believe what an impact the change in that routine had. I'm actually shocked. Maybe I'm not as fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants as I thought I was, which is disappointing somehow to me. Is it age? Was I always this way and just kidding myself? I'm not sure, all I do know........ I'm starting to dread summer break already.

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