The ritual that I have chosen to write about is the process that I go through before I go to school in the morning. There is nothing strange about my ritual, except for the fact that I did the same thing the same way everyday I went to school. I had not changed a thing I did since I first started high school. That is except for one time and it resulted with me getting a ticket.
             First of all, I wake up and turn the alarm clock off. Then, I roll over in my bed and just lie there until I am completely awake. After I am completely awake, I go to the bathroom and turn my bathwater on. I never take showers in the morning because I am very superstitious and every time that I take a shower in the morning I turn out to have a bad day. After I get my bathwater running, I go into the kitchen and make myself a big cup of hot chocolate. It does not make a difference to me if it is one hundred degrees outside, or if it is ten degrees outside. I just love hot chocolate.
             The next thing that I do after my hot chocolate is finished boiling is I go and lie in the bathtub for a little while and just relax. When I am done with my bath, I then brush my teeth, shave, and put deodorant on. I have only strayed from this exact order one time since I started high school. On the morning of the incident, I had to pick my girlfriend up on the way to school. Although I was able to brush my teeth and put deodorant on, I did not feel that I had enough time to shave and still arrive at school on time. I then threw on some clothes and headed out the door. When I got about halfway to my girlfriend's house, two flashing lights greeted me. I was ticketed for driving fifty in a thirty-five. Now I don't know if not completing my ritual was the cause of getting a ticket, but if I would had taken the extra five minutes to shave then the cop may not have been located where he was.
             Many people perform their own rituals i
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