Creature of habit

I'm a creature of habit. I'm pretty sure I became this way as an adult because I didn't have a lot of structure and stability as a kid which made me anxious. As an adult I had to make my own structure to function without anxiety. I'm also a planner which interferes with my plans to be more spontaneous. Who plans to be spontaneous? That would be this girl. Since I became single, and my kids are grown it's become much easier for me to stick to a somewhat scheduled day. I have a routine that I do almost every day, except on the weekends, but even then it's usually planned ahead of time. Laying around and doing nothing is very hard for me, even when I'm sick. 

When I get home from work the first thing I do is feed the cat and ask her how her day was. Then I go straight to the coffee maker and get the coffee ready for the next morning. If I make myself a big dinner I will usually pack a lunch of leftover's for the next days lunch. I even clean most of the dishes, pots and pans after I've used them, as I'm cooking. I then go to my bedroom and change into yoga pants and do a 30 minute workout, and then jump in the shower. My morning ritual consist of getting dressed, feeding the cat, cleaning out the liter box, and I'm out the door. I even try to park in the same spot everyday, or at least in the same row at work.

I read an article the other day about how messy people are more intelligent than organized people. How can this be so? They also tend to be procrastinators, and live in chaos, but yet I'm the unintelligent one? I guess I'm just not a person who can thrive in a disorderly environment. I try to let loose sometimes and let things go, but that only makes me less productive. Why do organized, tidy, structured people with a plan always get labeled negatively? Why doesn't everyone organize their closet according to sleeve length, casual clothes in the front, dress clothes in the back, and all the hangers facing inward? Oh for Pete's sake don't get your panties in a bunch over my neatness. Fold those panties nicely. Bikini on the left, boy shorts on the right, and thongs in the back.

   

Do you feel lucky?

Do you ever just sit and wonder how lucky you are? I do. Not the kind of luck you get from winning the lottery, but the kind of luck that gives you smooth sailing when it comes to those unexpected challenges in life. Things just seem to work themselves out. Is it because I'm a good person? I know lots of good people that can never get a break from the bad things that happen. Why do I seem to have better luck than they do? Some would say this is karma. You get back what you give, but sometimes I really don't think I give near as much as I get. 

I'm sure what I consider to make me lucky, other people might wonder why I feel so lucky. I'm much more humble the older I get. What was lucky in my 20s is not the same as in my 50s. I just feel lucky if I get a good nights sleep. To have overall good health, and to have achieved all my goal's in the last 5 years. Well, most of them. To have been in love, and to have been loved in return. To have seen most of the United States except for the northeast, but I'll get there, don't you worry. To have adult children who are also my best friends. Lucky to have a cat who doesn't claw everything up after I refused to declaw her. Well, that one might be karma.

Is there really such thing as having good luck? Doe's life have a plan for us, and with a little luck we just might figure out our way through it? Or is life the luck of the draw, and some of us have no such luck? Do some people just have all the luck? If we all were lucky people would we even notice how lucky we are? Why is luck a lady? Why are so many down on their luck? Will they have better luck next time? By talking about it will I be pushing my luck? Well, for whatever reason this lady feels lucky, I'm gonna find every reason to thank my lucky stars I'm on a lucky streak. Now if I could only be lucky at love...best of luck to you.