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[mamajoan]

I really have got to start getting us up and out earlier. We used to be able to leave the house at 8:15 or 8:20, get to daycare by 9, and I could be at work by 9:20 or 9:30. But lately we've been slipping later and later, and today we didn't even leave the house till 9:10!! Ugh!! I feel so guilty when we leave so late, because I have to leave the office at 5:30 to get to daycare pickup on time, regardless of when I got in. Before I had Isaac, if I was late to work in the morning I'd just stay a bit later in the evening, but that's not an option any more.

The alarm goes off at 7, and I used to hit snooze till 7:30, but now I've been hitting it till 8. Of course, a lot of that has to do with how badly Isaac has (and thus I have) been sleeping lately. We're extra tired in the morning, so we sleep later and it's easier for me to say "oh, maybe just one more snooze cycle...." And all these consecutive late-night baseball games aren't helping either!!! I have to confess I'm kind of hoping that tonight's game will get rained out, just so I can get to bed at a reasonable hour.

I don't want to move my alarm back to 6:30, but I will do it (at least temporarily) if I think it'll help me get my ass out of bed by 7:30. But hopefully things will straighten out soon, once the baseball season ends and Isaac starts sleeping better again (any day now would be nice, kthx) and I get tougher on myself to go to bed soon after he does instead of staying up till one a.m. just because I can.

sigh, it's not easy trying to impose good sleep habits on the two of us considering I never had them for myself in the first place.

Comments

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

The time change is coming soon. You can reset yourself an hour earlier and not even change the time you wake up :) Hang in there!

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Hey, yeah, I totally forgot about the time change. Yay! Thanks! :)

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

Ugh, you have my sympathy. I hate mornings with a vengeance. Unfortunately I don't have a choice about what time I start work. Or maybe it's fortunate, because if I did I'd probably sleep until noon, go to work at 2:00 in the afternoon and stay until midnight. :)

[emrinalexander.livejournal.com]

Changing sleeping times is monstrously difficult, I've been trying for months to move my wake-up time from 6 a.m. to 5:15 a.m. so that I have time to take McGyver for a really good long walk before I have to rush around and get ready for work, etc. Needless to say, if I don't actually throw the clock across the room, I reset it every day because never do I get to bed at a reasonable hour, no matter what I tell myself I'm going to do. If you find a good way to adjust your inner clock, let me know - I'm never going to manage it at this rate!