My mornings especially during the week go something like this. When I first come out in the morning I always get the coffee started, then I walk outside to get the paper. Once back inside I spend time with our 15 month old Great Dane puppy Casey. I'll usually sit down at the couch and she'll come over and straddle my legs and then just lean into me so I can give her a good scratch all over and give her my undivided attention for about 5 minutes. After the coffee is brewed I'll pry her off my lap and grab my first cup and start reading the paper. It's at about this time that my son Will comes out and he then has to give Casey some attention. He'll either play with her on the floor or pretend that he's hiding from her while hiding under a blanket on the couch. That usually doesn't work very well, as she'll just usually sit on the blanket that he's hiding under bringing pleas from him to get her off of him.
Once play time is done it's time to figure out what Will wants for breakfast. This usually brings reply's like I don't know? or I hate that! This can go on for a while but once he decides on something we have our breakfast and get Casey fed, otherwise she just stares at what were eating while standing next to us. Seeing how she's taller than the table, this is not a good thing. Once breakfast is done I grab my second cup of coffee and Casey goes outside to explore the backyard while Will is off playing with something or back to laying on the couch waiting to be told it's time to get ready for school.
After I finish my coffee and reading the paper it's time to get Will's lunch ready and start telling him it's time to get dressed. I usually have to remind him several times to get dressed and brush his teeth. Finally we get off to school.
Once home I have my 3rd and usually final cup of coffee and turn on the computer to check email and decide what needs to be done that day. If it's nice outside that usually means a walk for Casey at some point in the morning.
That is how my typical weekday morning starts out. How about you? how does your day get going with coffee?
