Wheel Of Routine Gifts

"Sure feels like I am going somewhere!"

"I know, I know, every time we come here, I swear I'm going to try something new, but I always end up getting the same thing."

'Twenty years ago I began jogging five miles a day - could you tell me where I am?'

"You keep impeccable time."

"It's kind of sweet when they're all settled in like this."

Daily Routine

"I'm feeling adventurous today, Penny – let's tack on a block."

"I'd like to see you every Tuesday, forever."

"No matter the weather or what's on my plate, I'm here at five. That's discipline."

'I would suggest a Cabernet Sauvignon. It's non habit forming. I should know. I've been drinking a glass every day for twenty years.'

"Bear with us, will you? -- We're having technical difficulties over here."

"You've become very predictable, Jack - home every night!"

'My husband does everything religiously except going to church.'

"It's definitely Friday. I'm looking at my calendar."

"Please don't go!"

'And now for the (Yawn!) morning report....'

Clock in, Clock out.

"I love you, Ethan, bit I floss alone."

"Honey, I'll be right back – I forgot to stop at the bar on the way home."

'I'll just grab a coffee...'

"He misses his commute ."

"Synchronized sitting"

'Our dog's been dead two years but he can't break the habit!'

'Come home, Fred. It's Sunday.'

"I don't want a New Year, I want a comfortable, familiar, used year."

"Sundays we like to walk around being insufferable about our routine."

Are we a bunch of losers? Who are you talking about? Me, Randy, Sadie, even you Uncle Mort – all of us cafe regulars. We've been hanging out at this place for years. I've been working here two decades. Do we have nowhere else to go? More powerful even than inertia: Any momentum killed by an uncompromising nap regimen. Zzzz.

Mountaineers milk.

Plain ol' me.

My new trash pickup day is midweek, on Wednesday. Hump-day dump-day!

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow...

Stop the world. I want to get off again.

"Well, come to think of it, we are creatures of habit: Always migrating to the same place and stopping at the same spots on the way..."

To Do List: Wake Up/Smell the Coffee/Drink the Coffee/Now What?

"Same."