Dream Day

If you could plan your perfect day, in detail, for one day, what would it be??

Dan wrote his day out, and shared it with me.  He detailed everything from how he would want to wake up, his perfect breakfast, activities prior to work, leaving for work, his ideal job, dinner, followed by evening plans.  I have to admit, it sounded pretty near perfect for him.  Since then, we have slowly been working towards achieving this perfect day for him.  I mean, isn’t this what life is about?  Being as happy as possible.  Plus, I got to see his vision for our future, so we are working together towards the same goal.

Since then, I’ve spent some time thinking about my perfect day.  It’s very easy for me to say, well, my perfect day would be sleeping in, breakfast in bed, no chores, and spending the day with the dogs and husband on a beach.  But, this is very unrealistic, and so I’ve had to think about what my perfect realistic, achievable day would be.  I’ve really struggled with this, but I think yesterday, got as close as I’ve gotten before.

I woke up around 6:30, ate a quick breakfast, threw on some clothes, and headed to the dentist with Dan.  After getting a cleaning myself, we were back home around 10am, when I showered for the day, made a very yummie egg and toast breakfast with coffee, and headed out the door for work.  I got to work around noon, worked for 5 hrs, being fairly productive all day, before coming home.

Dan took the day off work, so he had dinner ready for me.  I also received some ebay orders (a new dress and new jeans that Dan said makes my butt look 18 years old).  I changed into a tank top, and we headed with the dogs for a nice evening walk to Daisy field.  The dogs got to run while Dan and I got to enjoy some time together in the daylight.  We headed back home for a some dinner, before we headed out to see a movie. 

After a wonderful date with the husband, we still had time to relax at home with the dogs, while Dan sang and played on the guitar for me.  We went to bed around 11:15 after a wonderful day together.

Something about having a productive morning before work, only working until my job is done with no frustrations/problems, having dinner ready when I got home, and quality time with the husband and dogs, left me feeling like I’m returning to work from a vacation.  The fresh from the dentist clean teeth feeling helps too. 

If I could somehow turn yesterday into motivation to get up and run before work, to Dan being home some mid-week evenings, I think I would be a major step closer to my perfect day.

So, what would your perfect every day be?

Morning Routine

I am not a morning person.  The worst part of my day is getting out of bed.  I would spend all day in bed if I could.  Oddly, I wish to be a morning person.  I would love it if I could jump out of bed, go for a run, watch the sun rise, make a fantastic breakfast, all before work.  I feel like I wouldn’t mind work so much.  I probably would still not want to leave the house, but at least I’d be in a good mood before work, rather than walking in right as my caffeine is finally waking me up.

That said, here is what my work mornings look like:

6:15 – Dan’s alarm goes off.  He jumps out of bed and heads down stairs to take care of the dogs and make coffee before surfing the web looking for his workout of the day.  I let out a groan and roll over, vaguely aware of my bed getting cold.

7:20 – My 1^st alarm goes off.  I quickly turn it off and cuddle up next to which ever cat has decided to sleep on my stomach that day.  Back to dream land.

7:30 – My 2^nd alarm goes off.  See above.

7:35 – I remember that I’m supposed to be awake and look at the clock and try to remember if I took a shower the night before or not.

7:40 – Finally force myself out of bed and start getting ready.

8:00 – Head down stairs, or start rushing if I’m running late.

8:01 – Say hi to the husband, both dogs, and the coffee machine.

8:02 – Start making my breakfast and putting my lunch together in hopes I have an extra 10 minutes to sit with the husband.

8:10 – Let the dogs out, check their food and water situation.

8:20 – Sit on the couch to rest.  I’m exhausted.

8:25 – Shoes on and out the door after saying goodbye to the pups and hubs.

8:45 – Coffee has finally started to hit, and I try to recall what my day is supposed to be like.

9:00 – Walking in the door to work, hoping for a little peace to sit at my desk.  Again, I’m exhausted.

9:20 – Finally ready to work.  At this point, I’m all smiles and hopeful of successful projects.

I’m not sure why I hate mornings so much.  I have a strict bedtime of 11pm.  Sometimes I stay up late until 11:15.  I don’t get up at night.  I sleep very comfortably and soundly most nights.  I’ve tried putting the alarm across the room, with signage not to go back to bed.  This was a fail, and Dan almost killed my alarm clock until he realized it was my phone.  I’ve tried bribes of chocolate or a special lunch if I get up.  Fail.  This doesn’t even get a second thought.

I just love sleep.