Mornings Are Not For Working

I have a great job. I get to set my own schedule for work, so I rarely start work till 10:00 AM, or later if I can help it. And I am a morning person. Really.

Evenings are not relaxing for me. At night I am tired. I have been working and stressed. There are only a few hours left in the day, and I have 5 more things on my to-do list that need to be done. Even if I'm sitting watching TV, I'm thinking about the dishes in the sink and paperwork due tomorrow.

That's why I'm a morning person. Mornings are for streching as I get up, curlling up to read the scriptures, eating a long bowl of cereal over the newspaper, checking my email, seeing what my tivo recorded last night, and general laziness. I can enjoy doing nothing. After all, I have the whole day ahead of me. It's the only time all day when I'm not in a hurry to do the next thing. It's the best feeling.

Unless I have to work. Then there is tension. Then I just have to hurry and shower and get ready. As I walk to my car I smell the morning air and sigh, knowing what I could be doing instead of working. Mornings are not for working.