It’s the world’s longest title of a blog post! A shorter one would have been ‘Seize the day!’ and would have rung just as true.
Mornings are my favourite time, and the time at which I am at my best and most productive. Fortunately, this fits in very well with Master Hunter, who, it appears, has inherited his mother’s early bird genes, and likes nothing better than getting up at the crack of dawn. (I would just like to add, at this point, that this doesn’t always mean that I leap out of bed ready to embrace the day in a ‘goget’em’ state of mental and physical alertness.)
This morning wasn’t too early really, and the familiar cries of ‘Hey’ rang out through the house from MH’s bedroom at about 6am. As we came downstairs, the sun was blazing through the window (it has since gone back to bed, it would appear) and both Master Hunter and myself were in good moods as we got our breakfast ready and enjoyed each other’s company.
As he played with some of his toys, it struck me how much I would normally try to ‘get done’ at this time of day, be it sorting bills and stuff, tidying up, cleaning, planning out our day etc, because it is the one time of day that I can guarantee that Junior is quite content to sit and play (the one and only time of day, believe me). In doing this, although helpful and necessary, how much time and how many precious moments do I waste and miss in an attempt to be productive? So this morning, in the sunny living room, I just enjoyed being. Just for an hour. The breakfast pots are still in the kitchen. There are still some bills that need sorting. But the world has not ended. And I have managed to write because I know that I have already had quality time with my little boy, and so do not feel any guilt at all at quickly blogging while he sits, still contentedly, and plays next to me.
And though the sun has now gone in, we made the most of it while it was here.
I think it’s going to rain later by the look of the weather. And that is the perfect weather in which to wash pots and pay bills.

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