My Nook is not connecting to the internet at home right now. My Asus router’s AC adapter died, so we are making due with a Linksys router while we wait for the adapter replacement to arrive. My morning routine usually involves me sitting on the couch with my cat in my lap, reading the news, my feeds and a quickish scan of my email. This morning I am using my laptop instead of my Nook. My cat dislikes my current laptop because it is too big for him to comfortably settle on my lap. Since I have a full keyboard, I feel like I should be actively, not passively working.
This morning I am feeling kind of discombobulated and I was having a hard time figuring out why. For the last month, I have used this liminal time in the morning to either plan or write my daily blog post. That is when I realized that blogging has truly become part of my daily routine. As I said yesterday, I worry that my blogging muscles will atrophy if I don’t use them daily. It never occurred to me that I would feel a hole in my day by not blogging daily.
I do wonder how much of my craving to blog comes from the fact that I am sitting in front of my laptop. After all, daily blogging has also served as a way to warm up my mind. And if there was ever a morning that needed a way to kickstart my brain, today would be it. I woke up feeling tired and foggy. But it is a long day filled with meetings and activities, so I hope this stream-of-consciousness post will do its duty and put my brain into gear.