I blame it on the internal alarm clock

Both my schools are on what's called an "in-service" teacher's day and I did not need to get up early, did not need to hop on the computer looking for a job on the substitute online website, and did not need to be awake at all at 6:30 in the morning....but I am. I blame it on the internal alarm clock. It's not that I set it each night to wake me at a certain hour; I don't try to wake up early on weekends and holidays; but I do.

And so here I am stretched, awake, wondering if I want to make coffee (I sort of gave up coffee over the summer, so this is a strange thing to be thinking) and waiting for it to get light enough to go walk around the lake. This summer I started on an exercise program of sorts. The American Heart Association has a couple different things you can do that are pseudo-online. One, Justmove.org, allows you to choose and track your exercise routine online, will create a calendar of your workouts, and it gives short encouragements on the sign-in page. Totally private....no way for others to view your record. The other one I check is Choose To Move. It's more encouraging and geared toward women. Both of these sites can be found through the American Heart Association. But what I was really saying is take a walk around the Lake. I live near a very small lake and the distance around it from my home is about 2 1/2 miles. Not a daunting work out, but calming and just enough to get started on the day.

I think I have another twenty minutes before i can go out....now what about that coffee....

be blessed in the small things