For some reason, the school year seems to flow a little easier.

The kids already have a rhythm they have fallen into. Both are in zero period classes, meaning they need to be to school a little after 7AM.  Good for them -- music in the morning is a beautiful thing.  They take both jazz band and madrigals / jazz ensemble.  It is good for me too. I have a chance to be by myself -- something that seems elusive sometimes.  I can write, sing, dance chat-- whatever I choose to do for about an hour before I go to work.

Most mornings I do a bit of house work, but the best mornings are those when I write.

It doesn't really matter if is is a rant on facebook, a note here on my blog or a line or two in one of my many journals that lay around the house.  I just feel more complete when I put my thoughts outside of my head.  I gain clarity and peace. 

I love my children and even my husband, but the times I spend in the morning with a cup of coffee and my thoughts are times that help me to be a better mom and wife.  They help me to be me.