I have insomnia. I've had it for years. And the worst part about my insomnia is that no matter how late I fall asleep, I also have an inner alarm clock. Almost to the minute, every morning, I wake up at 5:51AM. Sometimes it's because I need to go to the bathroom, sometimes it's because my son is awake, and sometimes it's just because my body is a jerk like that. It is very rare that I can ever sleep in. And even when I do, I've usually woken up at 5:51, watched some TV, and fallen back asleep.
My daughter is a late-riser, but my son is not. His usual wake-up time is around 7:30, which means that I have either *just* fallen back asleep, or am still making desperate attempts to. Either way, the results are usually along the lines of him waking up, me getting grumpy, him waking up my daughter, who is then also grumpy, me shooing them downstairs for breakfast (that my husband has already laid out for them - thanks Hubs!) and watching some TV while I make a last-ditch attempt at snoozing, which never works because my children are downstairs unattended and so I need to stay awake if anything were to happen.
Then I get up, and feel dozy and crappy the rest of the day. Whee.
Yesterday I decided to make a change. I got up. Not quite at 5:51 - I still dozed a little in bed, but shortly after my husband got up for work, so did I. I did laundry in peace and quiet, unpacked from one weekend adventure and starting packing for another, and watched some trashy (Real Housewives) TV, all before the kids woke up. It also helped amazingly that my son slept in half-an-hour.
That's about all I got done for the day, unfortunately - Tuesday is one of my crazy days, and I also ended up with a massive headache in the afternoon (hopefully unrelated to the early up-ness)... But at the very least stuff got done before that point. At the very least we have clean clothes to wear, and toothbrushes to bring along with us.
This morning started somewhat similarly, minus sleeping-in children. More laundry has gotten done, more packing has been done, and who knows - I might even sweep my floors!... Maybe ;) I've even had time to write this post, albeit rather sloppily (I'm not good at blogging). I complain to my husband that I only ever seem to have time to clean, or energy to clean, but not both. Hopefully using my early morning wake-up will let me catch a time when I actually do have both. And hopefully the headache from yesterday was just a one-time thing... ;)
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