9 to 5

Life is a chain of events. When you turn 30 and you have a job, these events become routine; at least Mon to Fri from 8h00 to 17h00.

Every morning it’s the same old ritual; alarm clock, shower, breakfast, feeding Aramis the “cat” and catching the tramway. I can take tram 10 of 4 to I.P. Pavlova then I change for the underground’s red line.

But today Mr. 4 is no more and Mr. 10 is taking a new route. I have the slight hunch that this is not the only thing that will be different today. It will take me longer to get to work from now on, but that’s fine with me, I kind of enjoy this alternative course in my everyday.

BTW: I. P. Pavlova is a metro station on line C. It was opened on the 9th May 1974. It was named after Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov.

Tumble outta bed
And I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
And yawn and stretch
And try to come to life

Jump in the shower
And the blood starts pumpin'
Out on the street
The traffic starts jumpin'
The folks like me on the job from 9 to 5

Workin' 9 to 5,
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' byI
t's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind
And they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you crazy
If you let it ...
- Dolly Parton -