A couple weeks ago, I decided that I was going to get up before Leah so that I could get some extra items accomplished. I really thought that I was going to maintain that habit, especially when I discovered just how much I COULD get done. Silly me. I should have known that two obstacles would arise: my love for the snooze button, and, of course, Leah.
The first few days, I did okay with this new goal. I'd get up when my alarm went off, or at least only hit the snooze button once. But then, my (morning) nature kicked in. Over the course of the next few days, hitting the sb once grew to hitting it two or three times. (This has always been a bad habit of mine. I remember mornings in college when my girlfriends next door would complain about my alarm going off again and again and again. Scott also gives me a hard time about it, though on weekends now, I tend to turn it off, instead allowing Scott, Leah, or my own body clock to wake me.)
Then last week, Leah decided to wake up before 7. This is NOT typical for her. Usually, she'll sleep until 7:30 or 8. Well, I reasoned that since she was getting up around 7, there really wasn't much time for me to get anything done prior to her waking up, especially since I was shooting for a 6:15 wake-up time, but really getting up around 6:45 or 7 (basically when I heard the kiddo).
Despite my best attempt (well, maybe not my BEST), I think I'll just sleep until the kiddo wakes up. That might not guarantee me extra "me" time, but at least I'll be rested, which might in turn allow me to make better use of my limited time, right?
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I this same struggle. I have to wake all my girls up for school at 8am...it's awesome! I'm always up and dressed (somtimes showered) when I wake them up, but sometimes I don't roll out of bed until 7:45. I'm always trying to get out of bed at least by 7am if not sooner so I can do a few things and have some quiet time...never happens!
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