Entry FeedI set my alarm to wake me at least half an hour before anyone else. Sometimes I get dressed, but mostly not, and I come down stairs to make myself a coffee and check my email.
Many of you probably share a similar morning ritual. I don't know how it started, but I like the quiet time before the chaos.
The coffee is definitely part of the ritual, but I came late to coffee. I grew up in a home with tea - we never even had coffee in the house, except for some frozen instant in case a guest was ever insistent. I made it through five years of university without needing the morning caffeine to make the 8 am classes I always ended up in. Then I tried it a few times at mother's coffee mornings after Son One was born, and when I went for walks in the village with other moms. But it didn't become a morning habit until recently.
Some days I don't even get to finish my coffee before everyone is up and demanding breakfast. There are lunches and snacks to be made, school bags to be packed. I try to explain to my kids that if I get just a few minutes to myself every morning, to do what I want, then we would all be happier. They just don't understand.
This morning I got to check emails, write this blog, and relax for almost 30 minutes before anyone else was awake. But now I have to run. Have a great day!