Making Plans

They say... (I think "they" in this case was actually John Lennon. Right?) So, they say that life is what happens when you are busy making plans. I don't know about that. The plans we make are what constitutes our life (for the Skripgrafs, at least) and we like organization. Well, I do. What Mr. Skripgraf lacks in home organization he makes up for in activity organization. 

Mr. Skripgraf is a planner to the max and he is rarely tardy. I really like these features in someone. While I can be tardy to the party, I really like to plan, make lists, etc. So does Mr. Skripgraf. Maybe it is a negative we are both like this? I don’t know. If possible, Mr. Skripgraf plans more than I do and I get emails like this from him about once a week:

Ok...this is what i thought of as a schedule for Saturday / Sunday (it will require going to bed at a normal time on friday).

7am - wake up, coffee, breakfast

8-10 Gym or Pool or Jazz.

fruit or snack.

10-11 Go to your bank and set up that account.

11-12 Drive to the jewelry store in alexandria where i got your charm and do that exchange thing.

12-1 Target

light lunch (at german deli?...it will be near this hood.)  

1-2 Bed Bath and Beyond

2-3 BJs

3-4 Grocery store

We can decide what we want to do in the evening. 

Sunday...i'd like to do gym again if possible.

then do some house cleaning

maybe i'll do some outdoor work. 

than i feel like i want to spend the rest of the afternoon / evening just vegging out (maybe i'll do my taxes in front of the tv). 

Thoughts?

Funny, right? I like it. Occasionally these schedules are accompanied by maps if he thinks we need to strategize about the best route. 

So, basically it will be difficult for Mr. Skripgraf to ever do anything in secret because his inborn desire to plan to the hilt will compel him to send me something like this:

8-10 Meet mistress for “breakfast” while Mrs. Skripgraf is sleeping in

10-12 Rob 7-11

12-2 Sell what I stole from 7-11 in a back alley in Anacostia in order to make money that Mrs. Skripgraf doesn’t know about.

2-6 Crystal City Restaurant

Haha. Oh, and the Crystal City Restaurant is not really a restaurant, per se. More on this another time.

So I know I still owe my readers (reader?) an entry on our honeymoon trip (best vacation of my life) as well as our Karaoke “We Got Married” Party, but I just wanted to take a quick detour to illustrate one of the reasons I love Mr. Skripgraf.