It’s official, I’m in love … with cocoa! I haven’t had coffee in two days, thanks to my new favorite beverage. There’s something super warming about it, especially in the morning at about 5.15am as you’re wandering around a freezing cold, dark house, thinking “why don’t I have a heater that works faster, dammit!” Also good after school, although I’d made huge servings of polenta with parmesan this afternoon, so I abstained from a second cup. And felt virtuous in doing so.

I came to a big decision today, which is to cancel my Tuesday Yummy Mummies class. It’s been dwindling numbers wise lately, and this afternoon I ran into a woman I used to write programs for who’s recently had a baby. In her words: “the times for your classes are s%*t”. She said it with an Irish accent, and several times, and it sounded quite funny, but in the end, I realised she had a point. Most babies seem to like sleeping in the morning, so maybe an afternoon class is better. Anyway, the upshot of all of that is now my Tuesday doesn’t start until 12.15pm. This morning I took Miss M to school and was able to stay until the bell rang like a good parent does, instead of racing away to battle peak hour traffic on my bike and feel slightly disheveled as I arrive at work.

I’m also in the process of trying to eliminate Wednesday nights from my schedule, which seems to be a distinct possibility. All I can say is “hooray!”. I’ve spent more of today setting up my website, changing some advertising I have on Kidspot (if you’re bored, you can try to find my two advertisements on www.kidspot.com.au), paid online bills, and generally done things I never have time to do otherwise.

On the down side, I taught a really bad spin class at lunchtime, but it was contributed to by the audio not working properly, so instead of beating myself up non-stop over it as I normally would, I’ve acknowledged, and moved on.

All in all, a good day. Hopefully followed by another one tomorrow. Now I have to go and buy some rye bread, to toast and eat with my cocoa at 5.15am in the morning.

Today I’m loving: time - having more of it