The New York Times has a Sunday routine column where celebrities (who else) reveal what they do routinely on Sundays.
Since my recent retirement mine doesn't differ greatly from the rest of the week.
I spend longer reading the newspaper. At one time, I would have said I watch football but no more. At one time I would have said, I walk down to Borders after lunch and look at books but no more. At one time, I would have said we pick up Danish, but not that either.
The only sure thing is I will spend time on this computer, read more than on other days, have a glass of wine around 4:30 and watch either Masterpiece Mystery or Dexter and Homeland tonight.
Do you have a Sunday routine? I hope it is more exciting than mine.
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Sundays are generally busy and we have to be early-risers. We're a church-going family: My husband sings in the choir at one service and participates in a praise band at another; one of my kids is also in the praise band. Both of the kids who are still at home are involved in church youth activities. After church services, they stay for youth group, I go home, do laundry & ironing, usually start dinner (I do "intensive" cooking on the weekends because there's not much time during the week--I'm making Ina Garten's "company pot-roast" today). Now that baseball season's over, I have to content myself with football on TV in the background (Go Saints!). I also do bill paying and account balancing on Sundays. For me it's a busy day; I don't get as much reading done as I do on Saturdays, but I try to read the local paper.
BTW, is it just my imagination or didn't you have Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video up earlier?
That sounds like my childhood Sundays when our whole life centered around the church.
When my kids were growing up, we had another routine, which involved a visit to the large library, football games and movies.
I often pull videos down because they take up so much space and people seldom come back to comment on them. It's like I turn my radio off.
Oh yes, real exciting. Well, actually it's the same as every other day, with football thrown in. Get up, go online, make breakfast, get dressed, go out for lunch or brunch, etc.
Today is different, however, as we have a matinee this afternoon.
In the "old days" we'd stay out late on Saturday night - usually with friends - and buy the Sunday newspapers on the way home (remember when you could still do that?), then get up late on Sunday.
Now it's more early to bed/early to rise.
Jeff M.
Feed the dogs, feck about, read a little, write a little, take the dogs for a walk, feck about some more, feed the dogs again, watch a bit of tv, read, sleep.
I always forget how much dogs are part of a routine, never having had one. We still are out fairly late most Saturday nights (well 11-12) but I get up the same time on Sunday.
I lost the ability to sleep in the morning (or most any other time) years ago.
I'll go with Rob Kitchin's routine though I try and squeeze in an outing with the family and some spring cleaning too. Occasionally I sit with my modest collection of comics and stamps and drool over them. Rest of the week I spend four hours a day commuting to and from work so there's little time for reading or writing.
Four hours! You need to quit or move.
Share a cup or tea with the Beloved Spouse, read blogs, pay the bills. Watch a ball game. Write for a couple of hours. Yard work, if there is any. (Our "yard" is a shady 16x25, so there's not always anything worth doing. Some reading, maybe a nap. Sunday is our day off.
In my last year as a teacher of writing, my Sunday can be reading student papers. They flood in almost endlessly. So looking forward to retirement from that.
Most people in Bombay (Mumbai) spend a minimum of three to four hours commuting to and from work daily. In fact, we spend more time in buses and trains than we do anywhere else! You're no better if you're travelling by car - you get stuck on the highway. But the suburban rail network is still the fastest mode of transport: the day the trains stop, Bombay comes to a halt. It's our lifeline, it's our hell on wheels; the latter because of overcrowding, especially in second-class coaches, and some 3,000-4,000 deaths every year from rampant and illegal track crossing.
I guess if you use the time to read, it's not totally lost time. We have people here that regard anything more than ten minutes as excessive.
Other than doing the Sunday crossword puzzle and maybe watching a little football, it's like any other day to me. I love retirement.
I have not been able to get any equanimity about retirement yet. No matter what I am doing, I feel indolent and self-indulgent.
The last few weeks, it's been one football game and a lot of work. I sure wish I had some time to enjoy a Sunday routine.
I don't really have a Sunday routine. Possibly because I travel enough that, from week to week, I'm often catching up on stuff that I would normally do during the week. During the summer we were doing Saturday market, which requires getting up way too early for a Saturday, so Sunday became the day to sleep in (like 8:00 or 9:00 AM).
I just wish it was longer. Monday is already looming, and I hate that feeling.
Patti, when Jackie first retired she thought a lot about school - what was going on, etc. But after a while that all falls away until one day you see a lot of kids on the street and think "why aren't they in school?" Then you realize it's a National Holiday and school is closed.
Then your caring days (about work) are mostly over.
Jeff M.
I will always hate Mondays--until I am on my death bed, I guess.
My trouble was I went from so many tasks one year ago (job, parents, babysitting) to none.
I take my days off during the week (when I take a day off, that is), so on Sunday I get up, eat breakfast, walk about half a mile with the dog, and get to work. Watch TV and read in the evening.
I have a feeling if I had a dog, I could have a better Sunday routine.
Usually I go to church Sunday morning. My husband always does, but then he´d better ;)
Apart from that we usually relax, meaning that he reads newspapers & philosophy, I read crime fiction & blog.
Broke my routine this time though - spent most of the day on the sofa with a nasty headache. So for once I´m happy it is Monday.
Don't do much anymore, Patti. It's kind of like yours.
When my mom was alive, we'd usually head to her place for a great Sunday dinner and football (or baseball) on TV. Good times.
Now I just putter about. Take the dog out as necessary. Read the Times online. During Summer and Fall I listen to baseball.
Used to watch football, but since I dropped cable, I don't bother listening on the radio. The NFL online audio connection is totally off-putting. They play music (!) during the long commercial breaks. So you're listening to the game and all of sudden you hear this elevator type music for several minutes, then back to the game. TOO disconcerting!
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