stuck in the routine

The alarm sounds at seven. You stretch in bed three times, reaching to the bottom of your toes. Flip the blankets off, walk 27 steps to the bathroom. Two minutes to brush your teeth, four minutes on your hair. 29 steps and five minutes into the closet to change your clothes. 46 steps into the kitchen. Eight minutes for breakfast. You eat half a grapefruit and a slice of toast. Out the door for work immediately after. It’s all routine, almost religion in your steadfast consistency to this schedule. Alarm. Stretch. Bathroom. Clothes. Breakfast. Work. Repeat. Again. Again. Again. Unchanging.