Just to clarify, sleeping IS one of my very favorite things. However, I fight it at night. I love my nights. With being a "single mom" most of the time, my only alone time is after the kids are in bed. And really, that's a very loose statement, because Emma is also a night owl and she loves to hang out with me at night. So, sometimes I only get an hour after Emma finally falls asleep to have some quiet time. And quiet time is something I treasure because I had SO much of it growing up. Being an only child and most of the time it was just my mom and I, our house was a very quiet place. We could nap when we wanted... whatever we wanted... because it was always very peaceful. It was great. I probably thought it was boring at the time, but now as an adult with two very LOUD children, I think... wow, those quiet days when I could just lay on my bed and read and watch a movie or nap whenever I wanted and not have any disruptive noises or people... needing (bothering) you... those were good days. ;)
So, at night, I fight sleep by knitting while watching tv or a movie in bed and then once I cut the light off, I turn the iPad on and read until my little eyes just cannot hold themselves open any longer. I love night time. I wish nights were much longer than they are. But oh well, I don't think that's anything that's ever going to change.
So, the past two mornings, I've woke up at 5am. Yesterday it was because Noah woke up sick, which makes me go from passed out to wide awake instantly (it's a mom thing, right?). And yesterday, I went back to sleep when he fell back asleep and slept for a few hours. It was great.
And again, today I woke up at 5 am for no reason and just couldn't go back asleep and here I sit... still awake. However, right now I would love a nap, but I can't because I have to go to an appointment I have at 11 am.
Most days, though, I go back to sleep after Emma goes to school just because I cannot stand to be awake between 7 and 9 am. Crazy, right? I told Tony I'm pretty sure it's just pure rebellion on the part of my brain from all those years of HAVING to wake up during those hours and hating every second of it. So now, I have to either wake up before 7 or well after 9 to be happy and want to stay awake.
I'm weird? Probably.
And a rebel.
9 comments:
I'm similar. Not in the fighting sleep thing, but in the wake up time. If I wake up anytime before 8, I'm tired all day. It doesn't matter what time I actually went to bed - could have been 5 am, I can hit the ground running at 8. Any earlier than that and I'm a zombie that doesn't actually become functional until after 8.
hahah...how funny! your adult self is making up for all your lost kid sleep ;) do you drink coffee? i'd never survive those 5am wake-ups without it!
I know exactly how u feel! trying to get me time at night and would prefer to sleep until at least 10am!
lol! I am opposite. I love nighttime, and staying up late, yes--but I also have a baby who is bound to wake up in the a.m., so my nights are precious to me now...in the sleep department. :)
ouch! 5 am is just waaaay to early! I have to be at work by 8am and it usually kills be to wake up before 7. BUT I can't seem to get myself in bed the night before! Good luck getting through your day today!
You are not weird. You make me giggle & always bring a smile to my face. Must be why i'm your blog stalker now. LOL
Seriously though, I am with you. I have done the get up at 4:30am get my work out in, cook a full course breakfast, pack everyone's lunches, clean the house, & then drive them to school, all followed by me being a full time college student, and have a full time job. How I did those things I WILL NEVER KNOW! I do good to get up 30 minutes before pulling out of the driveway these days. Good thing the boys can get themselves ready these days. But I truly feel so quilty because of all that I once did. It was so much easier in my twenties. I love to stay up late too. All my babies used to be in bed or their rooms by 8pm. Now i'm lucky if we're even home by then. But staying up for atleast an hour or two is a must. I have to gather all of my thoughts & to do list by the next morning or I will forget!!
omg, i TOTALLY feel you on this one. i would be good after 9am, or if i had to get up when teddy does at like 5:45 am or something, but then i am useless during the time i MOST need to be awake to get kids ready for school and everything..ugh.
and i tell myself every night that i'm going to go to bed by 10:30, but i don't and then i'm like you and stare at my phone for a while until i basically pass out. hahaha! go "Single Mom" schedule, ahahahahaha
I actually meant to comment on this yesterday because really when it comes to this we are IDENTICAL. The whole time I was reading I was like "Yeah, I know exactly what you mean!" LOL I realllllly wish I was the type that enjoyed getting up early but I do not. I like how much time I have to get stuff done when I DO get up early, but my bed usually wins every time. I also love to clean my house at NIGHT. I don't know why. I actually thought since I was in the military that I would convert..NOPE. As soon as I got home from basic I was sleeping in! haha!!
oh i'm exactly the same way... even if i'm EXHAUSTED, i'll stay up WAAAY too late just because it's ME time. I really need to get on a better schedule (who knew that once we're adults, we STILL need someone to make us go to bed!?)
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