Quiet Mornings are my Favorite time of the Day...

After a night that is all too short, and often too cold for comfort, even with a cow hide on the bed, my alarm clock never gives me a break.  I'm up too early, every day, and it seems to be getting harder and harder.  My coffee pot broke (thats what you get for paying $9.89 at walmart for a coffee pot) and even if it did work, it doesn't have a timer on it to make the coffee for me to greet me when I get up.  Nope.  Nothing that fancy.  So the routine is getting old, but there are horses in the barn.

So it usually goes like this:  Alarm goes off, I hit snooze, and then it goes off again.  So I flip the light on, and wait for my brain to wake up.  When it does, I jump up and get as many jackets and sweats on as I possible can, then muddy boots, and a treck out to the barn.  The good thing is, the lights work in the barn now, so I don't have to use the flashlight app on my cell phone.  And then my favorite part of the day...

William's stall is on the very very end, so when I get close enough to see inside the dark barn, I can see him standing there, sleeping.  He is always asleep, tired and groggy.  But when he hears me, he opens his eyes and perks up.  I go to him first, and hug him, at least until he has to pee, and then he does, and I move on to give Laredo a hug.  (by this time, Laredo is wide awake and peeking over the stall door to say good morning.)  Then I pack buckets of water, and I chuck in the hay that isn't great quality but gets the belly full.

And all too soon its six o'clock and I'm going to be late for work, so I have to leave the quiet barn with its sweet smell, dusty stalls, and ponies.  That moment though, when all is dark, and I can see my breath, and my big Thoroughbred wakes up... knowing I am the first person he sees, knowing how much he loves me - he tells me so with his morning nibbles and kisses... that is my favorite time of day, despite the chore of getting up.