Highlights of Yesterday Morning

• Flailed blindly at the alarm clock blaring in my ear.
• Knocked over the cup of coffee Wendy so kindly left waiting in the same place she always leaves it.
• Groaned in disbelief.
• Reached out and put my hand in the coffee puddle, confirming the reality of my clumsiness.
• Jumped up, grabbed a towel and cleaned up the mess.
• Decided, inexplicably, to leave the dogs sleeping and do my morning routine backward.
  
• Blearily hopped into the shower.
  
• Raced to let the now-wide-awake dogs outside after my shower, dripping water and wearing only a towel.
• Coaxed Cosine out into the pouring rain despite her obvious reluctance.
  
• Reminded myself my morning routine was best approached routinely.
  
• Spent far too long figuring out what to wear.
• Departed for work 10 minutes late.
• Observed the long lines of drenched tourists waiting in line to tour Mount Vernon, a sure sign of spring's imminent arrival.

This morning, however, is so far off to a much better beginning.

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