There is a calmness to the morning that I don't experience in any other part of the day. I love the morning. I love the early morning. It's before anything can go wrong. It's before the day has revealed itself. It's before I mess up.
I love the early mornings of my life. Now some might be amazed, but I wake around 5-5:30AM. I leave my house for work around 6AM. I am usually the first car in the faculty parking lot. That always makes me smile for some reason. As I walk down the empty halls, I almost smile about how calm everything. Within in 2 hours, the halls are bustling with staff and students. There's shouting, there's crying, there's laughter. But as I prepare myself for the day, I love my 3 minutes of walking through the school alone.
This morning, as I did my morning routine, I showered, checked email, did my hair, put on make up. Then I grabbed my wrist watch, I paused as I put it on and noticed the time. It was 4:21 AM. Something went terribly wrong. I must of messed up the time as I set the alarm for this morning. So, one would think I was mad, but no. I was able to finish grading those papers I never looked at last night. I wrote the transparency for the lab for class today. And now, I have 20 minutes of "jane" time.
Here's to the morning, which is so hopeful and lovely. Today might be a little tiring because I lost one hour of sleep, but I am prepared for the day. I'm enjoying my coffee and I am off to teach my students.
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I'm that way too, but it's safe to say that there's a bit of variance in our definitions of "early" my dear.
You deserve all of the calm you can squeeze out of every moment, Jane.
It sounds like your staying busy. I am starting to really enjoy the morning myself. Thats been a long time comming. I've been praying that you would get some rest. I'm finally resting now that I'm not at Vintage any more. I feel like I'm slowly getting caught back up. Just remember to rest as much as possible in the few hours that you do get.
I'm glad that you got some Jane time! Mornings can be everything if you let them. Here's to Wednesday and making it halfway through another week!
It makes me happy to know that there are still simple things to be enjoyed. And that instead of fretting about a mishap, you turned it into a blessing. That makes me think about tomorrow morning a little differently. Love you :)
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