One item you will definitely find on any Top 10 list of Things About Me is “Not a Morning Person.”

There are Night Owls and there are Morning People.  Morning People are infinitely more annoying than Night Owls, so I’m glad I’m not one of them.

Needless to say, the hubby IS  a Morning Person.  He springs out of bed as soon as his alarm goes off, and he is off to the races.  Just ready to get things done.  Motivated.  Inspired by the new day.  As I said, annoying.  HOWEVER,  20 years into the marriage, I have to say there ARE perks to being married to a Morning Person.  He always makes the coffee in the morning.  Plus he takes Princess out for her first walk/potty of the day.  As a Night Owl, I DO appreciate being able to ease into my morning, and slowly decide what’s worth doing now and what can be put off.

BUT.  There are times when I find myself actually waking up at the first ring of the alarm clock — forgoing my usual routine of 4 snooze alarm reminders — and looking toward my bedroom window, and thinking “Wow, am I ready to face the day RIGHT NOW or WHAT?”  (Please note that this NEVER occurs when the sun isn’t shining OR in the wintertime.)

Out of the bed I’ll spring, causing consternation on the part of Princess the Wonder Lab and the cats, all of whom are finely tuned to my usual sluggish morning routine.  This usually also brings a smirk to Sebastian’s face, as he watches me cast around trying to put all of the things I want to do RIGHT NOW in order.

This just so happened to me today.  As soon as my alarm went off, I turned toward my bedroom window and could tell how absolutely bright and sunny it already was.  A nice breeze was wafting (yes, wafting) through the open window.  I popped out of bed, put on my massage socks (yes, massage socks), and headed over to the window to open the shades.  Right outside my window are my herb pots, and this morning the herbs just seemed to look right at me and say “Don’t we look yummy?”

Those herbs were looking so good, I decided to write about them here.

And I was inspired to add a new recipe here. Delicious.  I hope you try it.

Needless to say, I also decided to spend a good portion of the day out in the sun, working on my Vitamin D intake. I may be a starving artist, but at least I’ll be tanned and fit, right?

Right on.

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