Routine–Or Anything But

July theme for nablopomo is routine or habit…I’m going to try again!

Today was anything but routine.  It was not routine for me to wake up at 11:30 AM to a quiet, empty house.  The kids were away for the night with their grandmother for a mid-week getaway, leaving me to sleep late in the dark of my room and the quiet of the house.

It was not routine when my husband came home from work at 11:45 AM to accompany me to a doctors appointment.  He spent the extra time we had before we leaving to clean up the garage.  The old couch and rug that are out there have taken on a bad odor since all of the wet weather we’ve been having.

Being out of the routine continued as I took a shower in peace and quiet, without having toys thrown at my feet from small people gathered outside the curtain.  There was no screaming from downstairs, no cries for mom.  I got dressed and dried my hair quickly and quietly. 

We arrived at my appointment uncharacteristically early, for an not-routine level II ultrasound of our definitely out of the routine baby girl.  Just ask her three brothers.

Leah Rose

They took a look at her unusually large belly, saw nothing too alarming other than it being large, and told us to come back in six weeks for another look.

We then headed to the mall for rare mid week shopping and a bite to eat at the food court.  Now we’re back home, still childless, and the husband is outside talking to a man about converting our garage into a family room.

So far, July has been completely out of the routine.  What comes next, I cannot say.