Is my morning routine too rigid?

Your house. Your routine. I use white vinegar instead of bleach. But your guest has very poor manners.

What did you expect? Pat on the back for writing out a bullet list of your issues?

The most unreasonable thing here is that you are pouring bleach into the toilets every day. It will not only damage your plumbing but you are polluting the water and harming aquatic life. It's fine to use occasionally but pouring it in every day is hugely irresponsible and completely unnecessary unless you eat from the toilet.

Sounds fine, if a bit obsessive....better than spending hours on your phone anyway!

Only on mn would a thread about a cleaning routine become about whether a sodding cat is out overnight (sorry, I'm sure the sodding cat is lovely! ).
Cats will find somewhere warm and comfortable if needed. They don't just sit there and freeze themselves to death 🙄 A healthy cat is fine to be out overnight (various opinions on wildlife etc not withstanding).
Anyway, back to the matter in hand. I think your routine is perfectly acceptable but I would as it is almost exactly the same as mine! My opinion on guests is that they fit into the household routine without complaint. Especially close friends and family.
I think your friend perhaps felt that you keeping on top of your home so 'easily' reflected poorly on her, especially as she complains about not being able to keep on top of her home. It is easier for her to drag you down to her level than for her to aspire to be at yours perhaps?

are you me OP? 😅

It's hardly a huge list of tasks you take and if an early riser, go for it. Have to sort out the cat anyway, they're important...

I think your friend was being unreasonable, I guess you wouldn't have snapped if she'd not goaded you? We all live how we want to live.

The only shocking part of your question is that you have a guest in your home who thinks it’s acceptable to snap at her host for…being a host! Whilst on her phone! If she doesn’t like it, she can go elsewhere, surely?

Cats are hunters. Hunters hunt at night 😂

Im a vet and my cat chooses to go out and stay out all night. He knocks on the door when he’s ready to come back in.

Get a grip giving OP a hard time about it

There's nothing wrong with your daily routine (except maybe using too much bleach) but if your friend was asleep on the sofa, then you came in and started opening the curtains, opening the windows, going out to the bin etc I can understand why she'd be a bit pissed off. It's 6am on a Sunday morning.

Gorgeous pud

How long does it take for your kettle to boil??! @Tuliptana

Have you already cleaned the surfaces the night before? If so why the need to bleach them first thing? Unless the cat was on them which you said cat was out all night so can’t? I’d find that ott and surprised you have enough washing on your own for everyday. I doubt I’d say anything if I was a guest but I foresee potential issues if you ever plan on living with someone. It does sound a bit rigid.

I wouldn’t be opening windows at 6am - I do that later when it’s warmed up a bit.

I also wouldn’t use bleach on kitchen surfaces. Antibacterial, yes but not bleach as it taints.

I also bleach the toilets at night not in the morning.

I don’t do a load of washing every day either. But that does depend on how many live in the house.

I clean kitchen surfaces daily but not with bleach. Toilets should be cleaned regularly and I do this twice a week at least, more if necessary, but daily seems OTT to me. I think your routine sounds quite rigid if it couldn't be relaxed while you have a guest staying.

Cats aren’t nocturnal they should be in at night - they are not native and our wildlife don’t stand a chance!

I like to drink coffee and relax, but I really don't care what anyone else is doing as long as they leave me in peace...
I really don't understand why she would care!

Our cat will only use the cat flap in one direction. We still need to let her in every day.

Ah. Cross post. Well if he won’t use the car flap then I suppose there is not much you can do.

The only bit about this routine that js unreasonable is your car being locked out all night with no way of getting back into the house. That really is not on. For the rest of it - sounds absolutely fine.

It's fine if it works for you but I think feeling compelled to stick to it when you have guests does suggest you are quite rigid about your routine. Your guests might find your activity a bit busy for relaxing Sunday morning. Perhaps you could do a few things differently when you have guests.

I'm surprised by some of the things you do daily if you live alone. I can't imagine needing to do washing, running the dishwasher or taking the rubbish out daily. Do these things NEED to be done or are they just part of your routine and you stuck to it whether they are necessary or not.

Bleach kills bacteria but it's not the best cleaner or very healthy to be using so frequently.

I would say most people don't bleach their toilets and surfaces everyday and are completely fine and healthy, so the evidence would suggest that it's fine to not do this.

It doesn't mean you're wrong to do it, but it doesn't NEED to be done from a health perspective (unless you're running a commercial kitchen or something).

Although, if you're one of those people who has the cat walking across the kitchen side then I would also bleach regularly because that is gross!