Mornings........YUK!!!!!

I am NOT a morning person, never have been, never will be. I am quite irritable and cranky as a matter of fact if you come in and wake me up before I am ready to get up. When my kids were little, my 2 boys, then age 4 & 7, bought me a beautiful mug. It had a picture of a mother bear with 2 cubs. When I asked them why they had chosen that particular mug with that particular picture, James responded: "two things mom, one, you're over protective (I'll admit to that one), and the other, we know we don't talk to you until you've had a shower and a coffee." Pretty bad that they were able to pick that up at such a young age. 17 years later, I still have that mug and nothing has changed.

This morning was one of those mornings where I just didn't want to get up, but I had no choice, I had to go to work. So I very slowly dragged myself out of bed (7:15 AM, AHHHHH, way to early for my liking), had my shower, Bruce brought me coffee, and an hour later I was on my way. The whole time I was thinking "I HATE MORNINGS!" I was just glad I didn't have one of my 7:00 AM meetings (yes, I do have those every once in a while). By the time I arrived at work, I was awake and ready to go though. The good thing about a longer drive to work, it gives you a chance to be totally awake, and therefore not biting people's heads off 'cause you want to be back in bed.

I did get to thinking though that there are some rare occasions where I do enjoy getting up early. When we are at the cottage (North Bay area), I love getting up around 7:00 AM to sit on the porch, watch the sun come across the water and the loons and ducks glide across the usually smooth water. I find it very relaxing and spiritually renewing.

But, I am no longer in Ontario, and therefore not at the cottage..................so I'll say again............" MORNINGS................YUK!"