Doesn't have an adjective giving me a hint as to where this should lead ... just the one word ... morning.
Okay.
I can do that. Easy, peasy ... right?
Wrong.
Mornings at my house are anything but simple. How hard would it have been to just turn the alarm off on my phone, switch it to camera, and take a selfie before getting up? Probably not too hard if I had been the least bit coherent. And let's face it ... breaking the camera was not something I wanted on my agenda. Waking selfie? Um. No.
So that leaves the rest of the morning routine to try and take a pic.
But what?
The sunrise?
Nope. All we have are clouds. And cold. And ice still on the sidewalk making the morning walks to inspect the bushes already treacherous, never mind adding trying to navigate taking a photo while angelpup pulls the leash as he slides around and I am trying to keep him from re-injuring that popped kneecap. Too bad I was unsuccessful on THAT account. Stupid ice, but that is another story for another day.
Back to the morning photo and our morning routine which is always chaotic. You would think living alone, it would be just that - routine ... easy ... smooth.
Never. Not ever. Even when I think it's going smooth ... it slams and isn't.
And this particular morning is a Monday. Those are lethal at any point. So ... no photos as I race through washing my hair, dressing, or brushing teeth. Sorry. There are some parts of a private life that are going to stay private.
Photo of packing lunch? That could work but running late and needing both hands. Thought crosses my mind that it would be awesome if I could blink and my mind sends the transmission to my camera for processing. Then my sleepy brain thinks that maybe I have been watching to much science fiction ... or Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory. Maybe I should quit reading science fiction before bed?
Then there is the moment when I get to sit and relax and have my breakfast, enjoying my second cuppa. But then again ... it is Monday ... I am running late ... and well ... what have I got to make a decent picture? A slice of cheese toast, a couple of vitamins, a glass of water and a cup of tea ... not to mention an over zealous angelpup begging and attempting to steal any part of that (except the tea - he hates my tea) for himself.
I did try to capture a couple of shots of him during our morning routine but, like his momma, he has difficulty facing the morning and kept hiding.
So then I'm faced with the drive to work. That could have had some possibilities if not for the fact that I a) was wearing my gloves because my steering wheel was freezing due to this freaky weather and b) don't do the phone thing while driving. Am trying to be responsible.
So that leaves the morning at work. I knew I had to get the photo fast after arriving because Monday mornings are never EVER calm and usually before I know it, it is lunch time and the morning is past.
Because I truly am a creature of habit, my morning routine at the office, much like my routine at home, is just that ... routine. Seldom varies. I can be flexible when the need arises but for the most part I come in, open my blinds and window, hang up my coat, put my purse and lunch bag away, get my glass of water, take the phone off the answering service, turn on my computer and start my day.
My computer is also a routine. Pull up my inside cameras ... pull up my outside cameras ... open my work program ... and then, before checking my email, I open up my window for my home camera. Since losing my first pup in our house fire 16 months ago while I was at work, I was a bit (whole freaking lot) paranoid about leaving my new little pupper home alone. My relief came in the form of the idea of a "nanny-cam". I can turn it on when I leave & turn it on when I get home. And in the meantime, I am able to keep an eye/ear out for my angelpup, thus insuring he is safe and I am sane. It also allows me to take a photo shot if I find him doing something insane, silly or cute
So today's photo depicting "morning" is this:
Then there is the moment when I get to sit and relax and have my breakfast, enjoying my second cuppa. But then again ... it is Monday ... I am running late ... and well ... what have I got to make a decent picture? A slice of cheese toast, a couple of vitamins, a glass of water and a cup of tea ... not to mention an over zealous angelpup begging and attempting to steal any part of that (except the tea - he hates my tea) for himself.
I did try to capture a couple of shots of him during our morning routine but, like his momma, he has difficulty facing the morning and kept hiding.
So then I'm faced with the drive to work. That could have had some possibilities if not for the fact that I a) was wearing my gloves because my steering wheel was freezing due to this freaky weather and b) don't do the phone thing while driving. Am trying to be responsible.
So that leaves the morning at work. I knew I had to get the photo fast after arriving because Monday mornings are never EVER calm and usually before I know it, it is lunch time and the morning is past.
Because I truly am a creature of habit, my morning routine at the office, much like my routine at home, is just that ... routine. Seldom varies. I can be flexible when the need arises but for the most part I come in, open my blinds and window, hang up my coat, put my purse and lunch bag away, get my glass of water, take the phone off the answering service, turn on my computer and start my day.
My computer is also a routine. Pull up my inside cameras ... pull up my outside cameras ... open my work program ... and then, before checking my email, I open up my window for my home camera. Since losing my first pup in our house fire 16 months ago while I was at work, I was a bit (whole freaking lot) paranoid about leaving my new little pupper home alone. My relief came in the form of the idea of a "nanny-cam". I can turn it on when I leave & turn it on when I get home. And in the meantime, I am able to keep an eye/ear out for my angelpup, thus insuring he is safe and I am sane. It also allows me to take a photo shot if I find him doing something insane, silly or cute
So today's photo depicting "morning" is this:
This is my first glance of my angelpup this morning after I got to work. This is the way I normally find him each morning that I open up the link. Him, on the corner of the bed, simply waiting for his momma to return.
That describes morning for us ... me checking on him ... him waiting for me.
Morning.
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