In my household, the school schedule has always had a huge influence. Summers are rather chaotic but in an exciting, friendly way. The rest of the seasons, except for school vacations, are quite orderly. Once school begins in the fall, things seem to settle down in a fairly predictable adventure. Alarm clocks are set, people get up closer to the same time each day, the dogs fall into a well oiled pattern, and even the parakeets fall into line.
Having always been a student or a teacher, or married to a teacher, ringing bells have always controlled our lives. Even here at home, Ralph calls at the same time every day to see how things are going. My feeding and exercise schedule with the dogs stay the same from day to day. Folks come over to eat with us every Tuesday. Doctor, acupuncture, therapy, and chiropractic appointments fall mostly on their usual days. Walks, agility, and playing times fall daily into place for the dogs. Agility classes for our students fall on the same two days. 
And so it goes until a vacation occurs. Then we all cast our fates to the wind. Getting up times change, the dogs take advantage of having two people at their disposal for a whole week and things don't run as smoothly. Still these times are very dear to us, teaching us that sometimes have some non-scheduled weeks are just the right medicine for us all. It doesn't matter that we all get a little dopey headed from lack of sleep or sometimes ill because we let down our guards for a while. These times let our bodies refresh themselves and get out all the bottled up stuff a strict schedule causes.
Life is never dull!
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