Favorite Time of Day

A couple of weeks ago, C had a journal writing assignment on her favorite time of day. She chose, "Bedtime", because she enjoys her sister and I saying prayers together with her, talking, singing, and being allowed to stay up reading afterwards with her flashlight.

I like bedtime, too, but it's not my favorite part of the day. Bedtime isn't long enough to be enjoyed by me. It goes something like this...lay down, zzzzzzz. I'm so exhausted by the end of my day that many times I don't even remember going to bed.

My favorite time of day is right now. From whenever I get up in the morning (anywhere between 4:00 and 6:00, normally right around 5:30ish)until the girls wake up. E is usually up by 8 or 8:30. C tries to stay in there as long as possible, but I don't allow her to sleep past 9. On weekdays my husband leaves for work about 10 minutes after he crawls from bed. On weekends he sleeps at least until the girls get up, many times it is far later. So these few hours early in the morning, just my coffee and I, are my alone time.

I am NOT a cheeful person unless I have had a minimum of 2 cups of coffee. I don't even speak coherently the first 2 hours I am awake.If you can call it "awake". The first hour is usually a total blur to me. Who knows what I do? I have to check the history on the computer, if I want to know what I did.LOL

Prior to having a computer I would read, study, pay bills, do quiet housework, or write in a journal. Now I read blogs and e-mails, prepare homeschool lessons, pay bills, do quiet housework, and write in my blog. I don't go anywhere in the house without a cup of coffee in one hand, and a cigarette in the other. In other words...I don't do anything exciting during this time, but I enjoy it simply because it is my most productive time of day, and it is QUIET! All I can hear right now is the air filter in the aquarium bubbling. I have spent the past 12 years raising children and living with a very noisy husband. He can not stand quiet. He actually will complain if it's quiet, and go make noise. He can not stand being alone. I, on the other hand, love simple peace and quiet, and a couple of hours each day just to be by myself. I'm not REALLY alone...the girls are sleeping just around the corner, and there are several cats and dogs wandering around here, but they don't demand me to talk to them or keep them company.

So, my favorite time of day is the time when I know everyone is safe and sound, but I am by myself. I've had my night's sleep, I have my French Vanilla coffee, I get to do what I want to do, and life is good.