Our family took 3 days to adjust to daylight savings time. I was hoping it would be longer.
I thought casual smooth mornings were a myth. For two days I knew what it felt like to get up and watch a little of the news before crawling out of bed. I knew what it felt like to get kids to daycare/school on time and without tantrums.
Monday was great. Everyone was up early, made it to daycare/school on time and in a relaxed fashion. The girls and I read a book before we left. Everyone was dressed and ready to go —minutes before we had to leave. After dropping everyone off, I had time to stop at my favorite drive-thru coffee shop for a coffee. 70 degree weather aside, the barista and I decided it was the best Monday ever in the history of Mondays.
On Tuesday, I felt I could sustain this new system. Nate and I had easily been up at 5:30 a.m. for two whole days, before the alarms ring. We watch a little of the morning news, take a minute to talk to each other other before the kids wake up. Yes, it has been a relaxed two days. I'm ready to commit to this new schedule.
Today is Wednesday. And things went back to normal. Anika (13 months) went sleep early and woke up at her classic hour of 1 a.m., insistent that we play peek-a-boo for approximately 60 minutes. Attempting to sleep in as the sun came up, I intended to snooze the alarm, but not before Mia (4 1/2) woke up early and crawled in bed with us and reminded us it was "morningtime."
Then we were all awake, tired and cranky and struggling to start the day. Time to leave rolled around and it was tantrum city as Mia could not find the shoes she wanted to wear. What happened to our two relaxed mornings? We were all late today.
Perhaps with a little determination I can achieve them again one day. Then again, maybe I'll just dream about it as I snooze the alarm one more time.
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