I envy people who wake up excited to start the day. Don’t get me wrong – I’m certainly glad to wake up each day…just wish it was later, on my own terms! I have never, ever been someone who wanted to wake up early. If I’m up early, it’s because I got woken or have somewhere to be, and I’m likely grumbling about it. Morning gym goers, I salute you! Moms who wake up early to get ready and have some alone time before the family wakes up – you’re my hero! I so desperately want to be this person.
It has come to light that the only way I will ever get the time to myself that I am always asking for is to get up before my kids. They get up at 7am. I would have to get up at 3am to get what I’m looking for. While I’m at it, why not just stay up all night. That would give me loads of time, right?
Here are the facts:
1. I do not like to get up early. Honestly, I do not like to get up unless I’m ready to get up. I could set an alarm for 11am, and if I wanted to sleep until noon, I would still be unhappy that I was woken.
2. I wish I had an hour to myself, to shower, read, write, exercise, etc.
3. I get up raining on everyone’s parade. It is not enough that I am grouchy. I need others to wallow in grouchiness with me.
4. My kids wake up with the biggest smiles on their faces and deserve a Mom who can at least fake that she is beyond thrilled to be up with them at whatever time it is.
5. J wakes up pretty sunny, too, and certainly doesn’t deserve to be snapped at while he’s still in bed.
So, the choices are clear – I can get up at my normal time, be stressed all morning and make my family grouchy along with me, or I can get up a bit early, maybe start with 6am? Get my own time out of the way so everyone wakes up with a happier me.
Fine. I get it. I need to get my butt out of bed earlier. I have known this sad truth for so long, but I will put it into action. There would be so many fewer things to complain about. So many happier people in my house, a more fit, less stressed me. Why is the thought giving me the shakes? Is it because of the fact that I’ll have to go to bed a bit earlier and miss the garbage TV I waste my time on at night? No. It is that I’m already dreading my alarm going off at 6am on Monday.
*Sigh* This is going to be a long week.
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LOL! High-five! Now, I have to go back to bed…
My husband wakes up like he’s never been asleep! Me, I’m like you!
I’m EXACTLY the same way! My 2-yr-old is a great sleeper and I usually end up waking her up, but my 5-yr-old always wakes me up and I’m usually grouchy. One day he asked me why I was always excited to get his sister up and so sad when he woke up. I told him it was because he woke me up and I was still tired, but it broke my heart, I felt so bad. So now I try to act excited when he wakes me up. Easier said than done.
I’m not a morning person either. I sleep as long as I can until one of the kids wakes me up. Thankfully that’s usually around 8am but I’d be much happier if was 10am. I’d probably wouldn’t be so tired in the morning if I didn’t stay up so late though. But night time is when I get my alone time.