Decision making

I look up at the clock every Monday through Friday, and wonder, at what point in the day do I take a shower? The reason for my question is for two purposes; one, if today is a hair-washing day (which, I like to recommend it not be on most days that I don't go anywhere) this will take less time, and two,can I pick-up the kids in time from school at 2:45?

I get to chalk this up to my "daily dilemas". This way I leave myself with hard choices to make during the day and force myself to make decisions. Albeit, I have no one but the dog to confer with, these daily dilemas keep my mind fresh. Since the emails are coming in slower each day, I'm down to just Martha Stewart and Ann Taylor sale updates, I'm in the need for something else to take on as a challenge for my mind. So "when to shower?" always leads to more questions. Thank God for choices.

After my busy morning of working out, eating second breakfast, reading both newspapers, then on to the computer, time escapes me. Before long its nearing 1:00 and I have rewritten my resume four times to adapt to each job posting, reached out to at least three people to network for the week (I call these coffee moments, more about those in later posts) and then the moment strikes, do I take a shower now, have lunch, stay on the computer and connect with just one more person...?

Through the years I've established some rules just for myself in order to help in my decision-making, and I seem to carry them out even at age 43:

1) Never leave the house without mascara on, or if you must, then wear sunglasses
2) Never wear the same thing twice in one week
3) Always check your teeth for stray food strands
4) To buy something new, it must go with at least two other items in your closet
5) If you must buy the above item, then buy two things to go with it to meet your criteria
6) Determine what you are going to wear before you get in the shower

So, I am posed with rule #2 which is now inhibiting rule #6: my ability to get dressed after the shower. I have far more "work clothes" in my closet than "weekend clothes". When you work 5 days a week why in the world would you need more than two pairs of jeans? One for each day right? While working I am grateful that we had "Jeans Days" in order for me to invest in more, however, clearly, I had not contemplated multiple "jeans days" in my future.

tick, tick, tick...

It's now 1:55 and I am no closer to making any decisions. I pull my self together and I decide to have a meeting with the dog at 2:00, determine it is in fact, not a hair-washing day, then prepare my agenda for the meeting. 2:05 and she is late to the meeting. We decide to have a "walking meeting" outside to stimulate our decision-making. Now, I in my sweaty work-out clothes, the dog takes one sniff, and the decision is made! We collaborate that I need to jump in the shower as soon as possible, throw on a pair of jeans that used to be "jeans day jeans", tall boots, a turtleneck sweater, hair in ponytail, and I'm on my way with time to spare, 2:35.

Another day of tough decisions.

Now, what's for dinner?