This slice is part of the March Slice of Life Challenge on Two Writing Teachers! #sol25. I’m slicing every day in March. Thanks for stopping by!
My “now stop your couch coffee and get up to get ready for school” alarm just blasted on my phone. But, my cat is so cute and sweet and I’m not done with my coffee and also what if I wrote instead of rushing to shower?
Maybe I can pause this morning before I start.
It’s quiet here in my family room, I can only hear the noise of my heater kicking on, and the cat is purring and doing that little squeak meow she likes to do. Aside from those quiet noises, it’s just me, and the clicking of my keyboard. Morning ASMR, I guess.
Any minute the dog will realize I left the bed and I’ll hear his tap tap tap coming down the stairs. I’ll take him out, even though I’m cold just thinking about it. I’ll feed the cat and the dog, grab my laundry from the dryer and head upstairs. I’ll shower and get dressed in my spirit day animal print. (Can you believe I have animal print?) I’ll wake up the teenagers, remind them that it’s trash day, reheat my coffee, cut up an apple to bring to school, fill up my water, yell to the kids to please, for goodness sake come down and give me a hug before I leave. “Don’t forget to take out the trash and recycling!” I’ll probably say, before adding another “I love you! Have a good day!” You can never have enough of those Love You’s called out to grouchy morning teenagers, you know? Then I’ll rush out the door, at least 10 minutes later than I had originally hoped, drive to school with my morning music blasting, and the Monday at school will officially start. I’ll be teaching kids in an hour and a half or so – and that hour and a half will go so very quickly.
Now the cat has gone off to do her cat things again, my coffee got cold halfway through the cup, and I might have heard the dog jump off the bed. But I think the sun is starting to light the morning, so it must be time to actually stop my couch coffee and get up to get ready for school.
But it sure was peaceful, my fleeting morning pause.
On a Thought 
That morning pause is so important! The days feel different when we don’ take those small moments. Thank you for writing about it.
I feel you on this post! Everything from the alarm name to the many to-dos on your mind as you try to get out the door. Hoping that the peaceful, yet fleeting moment of slicing sustains you this busy day.
Thank you for inviting me onto your couch this morning. So much one is juggling before, as a teacher, she gets to work to start the juggling of running a classroom. I’m glad you wrote it all down. I’m glad you get a little calm before….May the rest of your Monday go well!
The multiple coffee re-heatings are such a nice repetition through this morning routine that you are trying to slow down with limited success. My favorite line – “You can never have enough love yous for those grouchy teenagers.”
I like how you stretch out the morning.
Your morning pause sounds lovely. Especially the purring cat!
I think I need a couch coffee alarm. I could sit in my blue chair with my coffee in my hand and dog on my lap way too long each day!
I also had a “coffee moment” this morning. I put new batteries in my frother AND I tried a cinnamon coffee cake creamer 🤪
I wish I had time for couch coffee. I always wonder how people have time for it, but then I think that perhaps I prioritize sleep over coffee?
Another quiet-morning person! I wake up an hour-and-a-half before I really have to, just to enjoy my coffee and the NYT word games. Thanks for the peek into your early routine.
We were right there with you in your morning routine! Glad you got to enjoy a few moments of peace and quiet.