Mornings!

I love mornings.  I just do.  When people ask me why, I'm never sure quite what to tell them.  One of my best friends says it's my competitive nature - beating the rest of the world out of bed makes me feel like I've won.  :)

 

I'm not really sure what it is.  I love getting up while the house is still and quiet and knowing my husband and son are still peacefully slumbering away.  I especially love to get up early on weekends because often, I can get a large percentage of my work for the day done before anyone even gets up.

I know I am at my most productive in the mornings, so for the last several weeks I have been following this morning schedule:
5:15 - Alarm clock goes off.  I hit the snooze once or twice.
5:30 - 6:00 - I get showered, dressed and make-uped (and a few times, I've even done my hair!)
6:00 - 6:05ish - I pack my lunch and get my breakfast ready
6:05 - 6:30 - I eat breakfast, journal, pray, and study my Bible (I even started an ISN for this part!)
6:30 - I leave the house for work

In high school and even into college, I was really good at the 6:05 to 6:30 stuff - you know, taking time every day to really reflect on what God is doing in and around me.  As a wife, a mom, a teacher, a home-owner, a cook, a house keeper...the list goes on and on...it is difficult to find time in the day for this.  HOWEVER, I am finding that in investing the first fruits of my day in prayer and Bible study, I am preparing myself to have a "God-ward" heart at the beginning of the day.

So that's my morning routine.  I'm attacking spiritual fitness right now.  Eventually, I would like to fit a workout into the schedule, but one thing at a time. :)