It begins with a cup of coffee...
Humans are creatures of habit. We get up each day from a 'hopefully' restful night's sleep, refreshed and ready to tackle the challenges of a new day. Much of our day is based upon a personal routine that we have developed over time and while daily activities may vary to some degree there is a core that remains constant and provides structure for the day. They are the things we come to expect and don't think much about. But when that daily routine is disturbed, it can send the entire day into a tailspin.
Part of my daily routine includes making coffee. Coffee, water, flip the switch and by the time I get back from walking the dog , the coffee is ready. Except this morning! When I entered the house, there was no aroma of freshly brewed coffee. Had I forgotten to turn on the switch? I didn't think so. I tried turning on the coffee maker several more times and got the same result. Absolutely no sign of life. Dead! Thank goodness for the A E Robinson store just around the corner.
Almost at the store, I notice that the car turned the corner with a bit of sluggishness. I pull over, get out and notice that the front right tire seems a bit low on air pressure. Not flat, but almost. Did you know it now costs money to put air in your tires? Something that used to be free, now costs money. What is this world coming to? Will we soon be charged for the air we breath?
As part of the morning “routine,' I usually try to catch the early morning local news, especially the weather. I know. I can look out the window and get a sense of what the day may be like. But remember, it's part of a routine.
But on this morning the remote for the television didn't work. My goodness, no Kevin Mannix, no weather forecast. I won't know what to wear!
This was an easy fix. Two new batteries and there he was, wrapping up the weekend forecast. But what about today Kevin?
The day was not going to be exceptionally busy, but there were a few people I needed to see. Coffee, a well rounded tire, clothes I thought might match the day's temperature and I was ready to hit the road.
Three blocks from the house I realized that I had forgotten my cell phone. What to do? I could turn around and pick it up or I could try to make it through the day without it. Isn't that what we all did not so many years ago, before the advent of the cell phone? This need for constant contact has become an obsession.
I should have just kept going. When I pick it up, I discovered that I had not charged the battery as I normally do. Once charged, it beeped, rang and sputtered, making all kinds of noises resulting from missed calls to appointment reminders from the calendar function. What ever happened to those little pocket calendars anyway?
By now, the day was 'out of sync.' Nothing big, just a bunch of little things. I decided to stop, regroup and get another cup of coffee. The clerk at the drive through must have sensed that it had not been the best morning of the week and gave me an extra large coffee for the price of a regular. “It was a special today,” she said. I thanked her and headed down the road.
Now, I have this idea for an invention. It's called the 'auto bib', designed for those of us who eat and drive at the same time. Every once and awhile I have been known to spill just a bit of something on a freshly laundered white shirt, and wouldn't you know that this particular morning...
My hope is that tomorrow will be a better day. For starters, I just bought a new coffee maker.
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