Is my morning routine too rigid?

[Tuliptana]

Feeling upset and questioning myself.
Im an early riser, 6am everyday.

My routine is as folliws
Let cat in and feed him
Open all curtains/blinds snd windows to air the house
Make a coffee and whilst waiting for kettle il bleach the toilets, kitchen surfaces. Empty dishwasher.
Put a load of washing.on
Make bed
Put rubbish out

This takes max 20 mins and i feel relaxed when all done.

My mate is staying and snapped at me to just sit down and chill. However she was just sat, glued to her phone. She always moans she doesnt have time to keep on top of her housework.

I snapped and said if you didn't spend so much time on your phone you could do your jobs easily.
Was i in the wrong and does my routine sound odd and rigid?

Sewage plants don't remove all the chemicals and detergents that we pour down the drain. It all ends up in our waterways (even if the water companies stopped their illegal sewage dumping).

Pretty much this.

unless there's a DH & 5 kids it seems an unnecessary load of things to do daily & unnecessary & rude when you gave a guest staying.

You're easily pleased!

The friend was already awake and up when OP got up

Just what I was thinking!

Lovely cat 💕 but I would not have taught him 6am was time for action! Fine in the summer, im usually up much earlier, but not in winter. My animals have always been trained to understand 'morning' is when I say it is, no matter how cute they are!

is the other photo of your lounge this morning??

it's grey, drizzly & full here today. Absolutely no hint of sun!!

I thought that too! Especially if not over filled I've barely got time to get the mugs & milk out! Let alone bleach anything.

i don't beach the surfaces. They're wiped down several times a day with a clean, hot soapy dishcloth & again with a hot rinsed dishcloth. (Clean one several times a day)

You are unreasonable to expect a guest to be a morning person just because you are. The cat thing I can understand so no comment there but the excessive use of bleach products is totally out of order. No toilet needs bleach every day and even kitchen worktops should not need to be done so frequently. I think you need to consider the long term impact of this usage. I have a fairly fixed morning routine but nothing I do has a long term impact on the environment. You were wrong to snap at your guest and should apologise to her.

Miss the smiley emoji reaction!

🤣

True dat

HRH Minnie wouldn't get away with these here! Not in my eyeline anyway 🥰

but when I had my cats I'd wipe down the worktops immediately before using them (just in case) rather than routinely in the morning as they could sneak up anytime (though never once caught them)

It’s weird to bleach the toilets before people use them. Must stink the rooms out all day.

I stick some eco toilet cleaner down about once a week and they’re all totally fine. And no fish are dying because of my obsessiveness

Can he actually use the cat flap? Have you seen him? Have you encouraged him through it? (By encouraged I mean with food & a hearty shove?). It took mine some teaching!! Then when we moved my Dad built them a step outside as the cat flap was too high for one of them to haul herself thorough 🤣)

If your routine works for you then do it. Ignore all the nonsense bleach and cat criticism and the ones saying you must have dirty toilets too they just digging at you cause they also phone zombies

Find bleach doesn't smell much (unfortunately & I'm not nose blind to it) but I do still use it as I haven't found an eco one I'm happy with. I'd rather not use it for environmental reasons.
Do you use the Eco brand or another one?

I think it’s a normal routine really. I get up every morning with the baby around 7.30 and spend about 20mins doing very similar to you. Feed cat and change her litter tray. Empty dishwasher. Put a laundry load on. Take out recycling. Get babies play gym and toss out, then around 8 I go get the baby (he’s a dream and sleeps until 8ish each morning).

However. If I had a friend staying I’m not sure I’d do this. If I got up and they were already up in the kitchen or living room, I’d offer breakfast and go sit with them. The jobs could wait (apart from the cat, but I’d sort her as I was rustling up breakfast for my guest)!

What utter rubbish.

bleach is vey bad for the environment (I do still use it as I can't find an alternative im
happy with, but as sparingly as possible)

cats should be able to get back into the safety of home overnight & preferably
locked in at night to help protect the wildlife.

Always good to know there are still some sane, normal, people around on MN 👍🏻

My morning routine is pretty much exactly the same as yours except mine is a dog.
I don’t think you did anything wrong at all.

To be fair she didn't say she was 'pouring bleach' into her toilets & she said she uses spray bleach. She might nit be very much at all.

Personally I don't like the spray bleach, I use the thickened bleach if necessary. I try not to use it too much these days as it's so bad for the environment, but can't find an eco one that does the job.

The bleach spray really doesn't smell at all.

(shame really as the old bleach smell, smells 'clean' to me)

and no, I'm not nose blind to it

You are wrong about bleach, images full of detail about how it hurts you and the planet

Does she need a wee step
oitside to help her access it? Mine did when we moved as it was a touch too high so my Dad built them a lovely step💕

IF you are actually a vet, you should know & do better.

Bleach doesn't harm your plumbing.

shes also said she uses spray bleach so she isn't pouring it in anyway.