Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Waking Up is Hard to Do
Back to work and school today. Mary had been sleeping in most of the past ten days(what with Christmas, New Year's and snow days) and I thought it would be tough for her to get back in the swing of things.
I try to get to work between 7 and 7:30 am so I can leave work about 8 hours later and be home around 4 o'clock--- have some time for myself before I have to pick-up Mary at around 5-5:30 pm. So to do this, I have to get up at 5:30 am, get myself ready, wake up Mary (ideally) at 6 am, get her ready and be out of the house 6:30 am--- 7 am, at the latest.
Today, I wanted to get to work early- 7 am instead of 7:30 am--- so I had to make sure I get Mary up at 6:00 am. I started shaking her awake as soon as I got off the shower, she sighed but otherwise no other movement. Went back getting ready, came back turned the TV on to Lilo and Stitch--- one of her favorite shows--- she did not stir. Turned on a few lights, still no sign of waking. Her Dad came in to shake her awake and came away with "There are a few awake spots on the girl..." Finally, I pciked her up off the bed, gave her a few kisses and cuddled her awake. Got her into the bathroom and we are good to go.
This is one difference between Mary and I. If someone wakes me up and forces me to get up--- I get grumpy. If I am left to wake up on my own, then I wake refreshed and in a great mood. With Mary, if she wakes up on her own, most often she would be crying and yelling for me--- takes a while to cheer her up and get her in a happy mood. But if I shake her awake and get her up, she's fine. You'd think that I would always just shake her awake in the morning, right? NO, in my brain, I keep thinking that she is just like me, she would be grumpy if she does not get enough sleep.
Back to work and school today. Mary had been sleeping in most of the past ten days(what with Christmas, New Year's and snow days) and I thought it would be tough for her to get back in the swing of things.
I try to get to work between 7 and 7:30 am so I can leave work about 8 hours later and be home around 4 o'clock--- have some time for myself before I have to pick-up Mary at around 5-5:30 pm. So to do this, I have to get up at 5:30 am, get myself ready, wake up Mary (ideally) at 6 am, get her ready and be out of the house 6:30 am--- 7 am, at the latest.
Today, I wanted to get to work early- 7 am instead of 7:30 am--- so I had to make sure I get Mary up at 6:00 am. I started shaking her awake as soon as I got off the shower, she sighed but otherwise no other movement. Went back getting ready, came back turned the TV on to Lilo and Stitch--- one of her favorite shows--- she did not stir. Turned on a few lights, still no sign of waking. Her Dad came in to shake her awake and came away with "There are a few awake spots on the girl..." Finally, I pciked her up off the bed, gave her a few kisses and cuddled her awake. Got her into the bathroom and we are good to go.
This is one difference between Mary and I. If someone wakes me up and forces me to get up--- I get grumpy. If I am left to wake up on my own, then I wake refreshed and in a great mood. With Mary, if she wakes up on her own, most often she would be crying and yelling for me--- takes a while to cheer her up and get her in a happy mood. But if I shake her awake and get her up, she's fine. You'd think that I would always just shake her awake in the morning, right? NO, in my brain, I keep thinking that she is just like me, she would be grumpy if she does not get enough sleep.
