Routine

This is another entry sparked by that little round window that I look through when I brush my teeth in the morning. Man, what happens when I move and I don't have that window anymore?! Anyway, this morning, I was looking through that window and I saw... nothing but houses. Well, silly, that's because it's Saturday! What this blog is about only takes place on working days-Monday through Friday.

There are two houses behind me that I can see from the window. One is the Higgins' house, that I've been in becuase I used to be friends with Shannon and some of you might know the Higgins' because Mrs Higgins used to be a really mean substitute in the district. The other house I don't know much about... I know that they don't do yard work very often and it shows, that their garage is very cluttered...I know I used to throw snowballs at their garage door when I was a kid from my fort. I know once I told someone that they were muderers and I knew because they wrote it all over the side of their van in blood. And I know they don't have any kids in the house, but they have at least one who goes to Baylor, because of a bumper sticker.

I also know that at preciesly 7:30 AM on Monday through Friday, the husband and wife walk into the garage, the wife gets in the car, puts her briefcase thingy in the passenger seat, and the husband stands there in the garage wearing his robe and waves at her until she's out of sight, then goes back in the house and shuts the garage.

The first few times I saw this, I thought nothing of it. But the more I see it, the more it alarms me. I'm sure you all have seen some sitcom, be it I Love Lucy, or Everybody Loves Raymond or SOMETHING that has an episode about the main couple getting in a rut of routine and trying to get out of it. Watching those TV shows never much scared me... cus it's just a TV show. But now I've seen real living proof. For years I've had this proof right here in front of me and I've done nothing about it!

So here it is: My warning to the world. DO NOT let yourself grow up and be like these mysterious people! Don't get married and sucked into a simple routine that leaves you both unfulfilled and wanting more. Do your yardwork! Don't write that you're a murderer on the side of your minivan in blood! Take your wife to a bed n breakfast once in a while! Spontaneity is a virtue!!