Sometimes mornings can be easy. It’s a very rare occurrence… but I relish them.

This morning the alarm goes off at 6:30 and I ignore it (yep, I’m one of those people) until just before 7. I head downstairs and snuggle up next to the teen (who also doesn’t wake up with alarms) and let her know what time it is. She needs to at least check-in with her first period by 7:15.

Part of my morning routine is also saying good morning to the birdies (3 parakeets) which we’ve been pet sitting for a while. And our inside joke is that their just our new pets since we’re not sure when they’ll be heading home.

I head up stairs get coffee brewing and decide to try a new recipe… because why not. 3 simple ingredients, and 15 mintues later happy breakfast cookies. Oats, banana and walnuts make for nutritious happy.

By this time the kid has checked into Chemistry, the husband has grabbed the local paper and sat down to read and the cat had settled into her spot next to the deck door… which all of us had offered several times to let her outside. The kiddo had also decided she wanted actual oatmeal so she made some of that too.

And now as I write this, the husband, cat (who only came out after I was settled outside) and I are happily on the deck and the teen is semi focusing on school inside. (OK, now the teen has decided to do schoolwork outside now too).

It’s mornings like this that I relish… when things go right and it all seems easy. This isn’t most days… this is rare. Typically at least one of us is grumpy and tired and those are the days I look back to days like this and remember I truly am blessed.

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Happy first cups