So Tired ....and Happy

Pretty much the only thing that got me out of bed this morning was the thought that this was the last time I would have to drag my sorry self out of bed this early for the rest of the year.

Granted the ‘rest of the year’ consists of only two weeks, but baby, that is more than enough time. 

I get up at a ridiculous time – 4:10am to be exact.  Yech, just looking at that makes me want to heave.  But, nonetheless, that’s my wake up time.  I’m out the door by 4:50am (most days) and at my desk by 5:30am (mostly).  Haha – I have to add those mostly’s in there because there are some days – at least one a week – where I just can’t make it out the door or to my desk by those times…

Why do I start so early?  That’s a really good question – one that I answer to myself frequently to remind me of WHY I do this to myself. 

Reason #1 – By starting at 5:30am, I can be back out of the office by 2:00pm which gives me enough time to whip over to my daughter’s school to pick her up.  I love picking her up from school…her big hug, her excitement of what happened that day, what ‘Devon’ (her alternately mortal enemy/true love) did that day, what she played at recess, etc.  Love. It. 

Reason #2 – It shortens the amount of time our kids are with the nanny and lengthens the time they are in either mine or my husbands care. 

Reason #3 – I’m home before my son wakes up from his nap and I get the ‘Mommy!  Mommy!’ excitement from him!  Ech – apparently I’m an excitement junkie.  But I can’t help it.  So we’ll have to let that one go.

Reason #4 – There is like, zero traffic at 5:00am.  It takes me a little under half an hour to get to work at 5:00am.  It takes a little over an hour to get to work anytime past 6:30am.  Nuff said.  Ok.  Not enough – I really have to add that sitting in traffic is right up there as one of the biggest time wasters, life drainers of all time.  I will do pretty much anything to avoid sitting in traffic.

Reason #5 - Any shift that starts before 6:00am is designated a ‘premium shift’ and receives an extra $1.65 per hour in pay.  Ummm…..ok.  That’s a no-brainer!

Reason # 6 – The milk industry is all about the early start so it really works for me to be in early and allows me to get a jump on payroll, etc, plus we’re open 24 hours and being in early allows me to connect with the guys who work the night shift because I can see them before they go home plus I see all the day shift guys, too.  So it really works for my job – which, if you were wondering is the office manager – but payroll and HR also fall within my job description.

With all that said, it still means I have to drag myself out of bed REALLY Early.  And usually its fine – I mean, by Friday I’m usually really tired because to get 8 hours of sleep (and I’m one of those people that needs 8 hours) I should really be in bed and asleep by 8:00pm.  AHAHAHAHAHA…….right.  Sorry….I’ll get hold of myself.  It’s just the thought of that actually happening….well, it’s almost ridiculous.  I mean, after dinner is made and cleaned up, kids bathed, lunches packed, bags packed, tomorrow prepped….well… it’s rarely before 8:00pm.  There is the off evening when my eye bags are dragging on the floor my wonderful husband will kindly offer to take care of the kids for the evening and suggests I get to bed early.  Which I with no hesitation take him up on. 

So that’s how things are when I’m sleeping straight through from say 9:00pm-ish to 4:00am-ish.  A solid 7 hours a night. 

But lately things have been different because M (our little son) is now in a toddler bed.  When we first put him in the bed that was fine because we closed his door all the way and he would just stay in his bed and everyone was good.

However, since he’s been potty training – like the last 4 weeks – we’ve had to leave his door open so that if he needs to go to the washroom in the night he can come and get me because he still needs help getting his clothes off and getting on the toilet.

This is good and needed, but M is no dummy and he has discovered how cozy Mommy and Daddy’s bed is…so now I will wake up because there’s this little body squashed in beside me.  I’ll bring him back to his bed and snuggle him back in and then 2 hours later, surprise, surprise, he’s back!  That’s when I tell Aven it’s his turn. J  After that M usually stays in his bed ‘til morning but I never really fall back to sleep after that last interruption.  Cause really, I have to get up in one and a half hours! 

All this to say….I’m really tired.  And that’s why it was just so hard to get out of bed this morning.  It hurts behind my eyes.  But I will suck it up and act like I got energy baby, ‘cause I need energy.  And tonight is Aven’s Work Christmas Party, so not only do I have to get through the day, I gotta get dolled up tonight and schmooze.  And try not to snooze.  Haha.  Schmooze not snooze.  That’s my theme for tonight.  Wish me luck!