What Day is It?

This has been Grandpa's first week of retirement, it's only Friday (it is Friday, isn't it?) and I'm having more trouble remembering what day it is!!  And, it really didn't help that Monday was a holiday making for a 3-day weekend. Now, since he's home everyday, everyday feels like a Saturday.  It's like I've had 5 Saturdays in a row. I keep looking in the morning paper to see what movie is on HBO tonight since we always look forward to the Saturday movie. I keep thinking that we should be going grocery shopping or I should be doing the laundry.......that's another thing....I have been off of work (oh heck, let's just call it what it is....I'm RETIRED) for over a year and I still do the laundry over the weekend.  I have the whole week to do laundry so why am I still stuck in the time warp of "weekend laundry"? Why is it that certain habits are so hard to break?  I don't think habits were that hard to break when we were younger - well smoking was - but still, it's like now that we are older, we like to keep things familiar; we don't want to rock the boat. We like 'routine'; it gives us a safe, content feeling.  And, I think after so many years of non-stop raising the kids, working jobs and running a household, we need that - our brains need to slow down, relax need a time out.  I have to admit - it is NICE!  So, who cares if I can't remember what day it is; life will not come to an end....gee, I may even throw caution to the wind and do the laundry on Tuesday next week!  That is if I realize it's Tuesday when I get to Tuesday.....that comes after Monday and before Wednesday, right?

OMG!  I just remembered that once our house sells, all 'routine' goes out the window and we have to pack up an entire household and move across the country into a house with one daughter, two grandchildren and a world of getting lost whenever I venture out in my car and worrying that our dogs will wander away and get kidnapped since our yard won't be fenced in.  As for laundry, it won't matter what day I do it on - I'll be doing it EVERYDAY because I will be living with two little girls who change their clothes 8 times a day!

I need to go take a nap; I'm tired just thinking about it!!  And, yes.....I know today is Friday - that's only because tomorrow is Saturday, Grandpa's birthday, and we are heading to Madison to celebrate with Becky and family.  Oh yeah, I suppose it would be nice if I bake his birthday cake today and pick up a card - do people need to get birthday cards when they hit 60 and over?

This is Grandma and I'm ready to start the next chapter of my life......hopefully!!  But first, I need a 'time-out' to get my brain from going in 20 different directions at one time!