pre-dawn

It's 7:15 a.m. and I'm already done with several of my daily duties. The sun isn't above the horizon yet I've been to the airport, walked a mile with the dog, had 2 cups of coffee, ran the dishwasher, first load of laundry in the dryer, second in the dryer, checked email, and am listening to the Today show news as I go about all of this.

Is it better to have early morning light or a later sunset? It's terribly disappointing to me when we set the clocks back and suddenly it's dark at 5:00p.m. But it's also difficult to be enthusiastic in the morning when it's pitch dark! Which do you prefer?

It must be my Scandinavian heritage nudging me toward the light. The time we spent in Norway with the long daylight hours was great. I'm not good with time changes during travel, so when I woke at 4 a.m. in Oslo I went out for a run because it was light outside! (Maybe I'd start running again of it were light early here!) In the evening we'd be out and about til 10:30 or so thinking it was around 8:00p.m. What fun.

Quote of the day from Martha Washington;

" The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our mental disposition and not on our circumstances."

take care!