A Day in the Life of Me

It’s funny how humans are creatures of habit. Every day I do the exact same thing.
I know I’ve written a similar blog about this kind of thing before but I guess this one is also kind of “A Day in the Life of Me”.

So, every morning I wake up at what my alarm says is 6:30am but is actually more like 6:20am or slightly earlier because I keep my alarm clock running 10 minutes fast.

I roll around for a while and say “nughghgh, it can’t be time to wake up already” then I stay in bed till it’s about 6:40am just listening to ZM’s Morning Crew for a few minutes before going to have a shower.

I pee then have my shower (also a routine, eg: I wash my body in the same order every day with the same body wash) for 10 minutes then I get out, dry myself, walk back to my room and slip back into bed so I don’t get cold.

I continue to listen to The Crew while I’m getting dressed into my work clothes. When I’m dressed, I go out into the lounge and turn on the computer, it is now 6:57am in real time.

I check Hotmail first to see if anyone cares enough to email me, then I check Facebook and sometimes Twitter if I get time.

By this time, it’s usually about 7:20 so I brush my teeth, make sure my bag is packed with some healthy snacks and a good book then I get in my car, listening to the same CD most days (or my Ipod before it broke) and drive to the Trentham railway station.

I park in the same place at the railway station as I do every day and sit at the there for a few minutes listening to music until 7:37am and then I take out my car stereo and put it in my bag, then grab my bags and go to the platform.

At 7:44am, the train comes (sometimes it’s a little bit later but never earlier) and I get on and read my book till we get to Wellington.
At Wellington I put my book in my bag and get off the train. I sometimes walk to New World and buy a danish if I’m hungry, otherwise I walk out of the station and up the hill to work.

When I get to work, I go up to the 3rd floor in the lift and walk to my desk, turn on the computer and read the Dominion Post for about an hour.

It’s now about 9:30/10am and I check my emails and respond to anything that needs responding to. I then make coffee or have a glass of cold water and a No-Doz caffeine pill so I’m awake for the day.

I then have a briefing with my boss who tells me what to do for the day and I do it, only stopping to check Hotmail, Facebook and Stuff a few times during the day.

At 12pm I have lunch, which is usually a sandwich from New World’s deli, which they allow you to choose 4 salad ingredients and one spread. Usually, being a creature of habit, I have cheese, lettuce, tomato and sprouts with honey mustard sauce on multi-grain bread.
Sometimes I’ll also have a raspberry cream bun as well, if I’m feeling like something sweet.
I eat in the little memorial garden beside work, it’s very pretty and is great for sitting in to get out of the office for a while.

I do more work in the afternoon, at some point going to the bathroom because I drink too many glasses of water during the day (using the same toilet every time of course) until 4:55 when I turn off my computer, go down the lift and walk down the hill to the railway station to catch the 5:12pm train.

The train gets back to Trentham at about 5:45-5:55ish and I drive my car home from the station.

At home, I say hi to mum, cuddle each of my cats and turn on the computer.
I check Hotmail, then Facebook then watch a little TV or make dinner.

After dinner, I stay on the computer, watch some TV and upload my photo of the day, which I took at some point during the day.

I go to bed at 9:30-10pm after putting on my pajamas and brushing my teeth.

Are you a creature of habit or do you like to change things up a bit?

V.