Weekend Routines

Every weekend I get excited about the lack of things I have to do and all the time I have to play video games or just basically chill out.  Yet every weekend, without fail, I always end up doing more work!  Admittedly, it isn't work work, more cleaning, tidying and other such house work.  But why can't a weekend just be a weekend?  Why do I always have things planned or a routine set in place I can't get out of?  I mean, that is what weekends are for right?  Relaxation and 'getting away from it all'.  I hardly get chance to just chill out at a weekend because the routine I have got myself into has priority (or at least my brain thinks so, whilst my heart wants to play).

Typical Saturday/Sunday Morning/Afternoon
What I think: "ah, it's the weekend, I don't have to do anything today, I don't have to get up early, I can just laze around, time to go back asleep"
What actually happens: "ah, it's the weekend... wait, why am I awake at 9am??? Oh, might as well get up"

Typical Saturday/Sunday Afternoon/Evening
What I think: "(yawn)... think I should get up, maybe have something to eat whilst playing on the xbox 360"
What actually happens: "(yawn)... done Pepper's litter tray and cleaned the counters, now on to hoovering and ironing - this is gonna take ages!"

To be honest, if I didn't have this routine, I would have a very messy flat!  I mean, who else is going to do it?  My boyfriend?  More chance of the cat putting on cleaning cloths as slippers and skidding round the floor than that happening.  Plus, it does have it's own relaxation sometimes, especially when I have been stressed out from work or have worrying things on my mind.

I really can't wait until I get to not actually do anything for two whole weeks, but I have about eight weekends until that comes around.  Yay, more cleaning...