Chapter 21
Ordinary routines. The daily grind. Boring repetition.
The things most people complained about turned into the anchors for Anne’s sanity. The doctors in the hospital in the city told her that, over and over again while she was there.
Look for the normal. Look for habits you can depend on.
Hour after hour at first, then day after day.
Worry about longer than that later. Much later.
The hospital kept a routine for patients for a reason, they said, and too many people forgot that after they went home.
At first, Anne thought that advice was crazier than she felt during those weeks away. She kept a long list of what she would do to break the monotony as soon as she walked out the door.
Stay up all night instead of getting up early. Eat hamburgers for breakfast and pancakes fo
