Eeeekkk!! It's a M-M-M-Monday!!!

Yawn......Good....Big Yawn.......Morning.......    

     Now I realize that there are a few of you that may be morning people and there there also may be a few of you that just LOVE Mondays.....to you people I ask..... Have you lost it????? Get back in bed and hit that snooze button a few more times!!!  Just kidding, Just kidding.... I actually admire your gusto.

     I am by nature that person that hits the snooze button atleast 5 times and grumbles all the way to the kitchen to get my java java started....but I'm working on it. I am learning that most things in life that I grumble about are not really anything to grumble about at all....it's just my perception of them that makes me act the way I do. In all seriousness, if I thought I could jump up on a chair and scream and "Eeeekkk!" at Mondays (the way most women do at mice) and that someone would really handle it all for me, would I? At first glance my answer would be "HECK YES!!!"- but at a closer look....probably not:

     Right now I am reading Hebrews, but when I was reading Proverbs I became very aware of the blessings I receive each day and began thanking God outloud for the little things that I didn't always realize were blessings.... like the slow grandpa driver in front of me on my way to work that made me drive the speed limit when I was running late-- because he actually saved me from the Wagoner County Deputy that was just waiting for me to cruise by a few miles ahead......and of course for letting me remember where I put that one random black dress sock a month ago (just in case I found the other one) when I realized I only had one in my drawer and didn't take the time to do laundry the night before. So today I am trying to be thankful for Mondays.... I'm thankful that I woke up, thankful that I woke up in a warm bed with a hot shower available at my convenience....I'm thankful that I have a job to go to that recognizes the talents that I have and that is actually willing to pay me for those talents. My husband was laid off a few years ago for 6 months...let me tell ya- that first Monday morning back at work was a day of pure JOY for both of us.......you would have thought it was Christmas morning in our house!! I can't remember another Monday morning that I have loved the sound of an alarm clock more than that day. There was no grumbling to the kitchen that morning- I think I probably skipped down the hall singing. ( oh yes, I am a skipper for sure! ) So why was it so easy to be a Monday loving morning person that day?? I have to believe it was purely MY perception of the day and that my alarm clock was still the same sound, that the duties at work were like any other day, and that the walk from the bedroom to the coffee pot was still the same distance.

     So....for you Monday morning loving folks....good for you! As for the rest of us.....I'm working on it, how about you?