Then we moved to the desert and 5 a.m. became our usual wake-up time for school. That made me think the "4 o'clock's" were bad news.
Then we had Nory and this hour became a little less horrible and a little more understandable. The odd day our darling woke up in the 4's, life was still manageable.
Then there was this morning. And I will tell you this with 100% confidence: the "3 o'clocks" are FOR REAL THE WORST! Why, you ask? Please consider all of the aforementioned wake-me-up's with the additon of a redirected/brand-spanking new (???) mosque speaker which blares the call to prayer into Nory's room at the wee hours of the morning.
Ladies and Gents - this house has been awake since 3:30.
You'd think that with that much time to get ready for work, you'd be SUPER PREPARED for another day at the "office". It's all lies. There seems to be something to that getting-enough-sleep thing.
Things that happened today:
* forgetting to brush my teeth. BIG EW.
* putting on my night time moisturizer rather than my daytime one
* turning off the lights upon entering the bathroom (rather than keeping them on!)
* telling people that I had been up since 6:30 this morning with a look of exhaustion....then reacting to their "SO WHAT'S?!" with, "I MEAN 3:30 this morning!!!!!!!!" (WHOOPS!)
* starting conversations with colleagues and students and then losing my train of thought and walking away with a big WHAT-CAN-YOU-DO?! grin
* pausing mid-lesson to............I forget....was I supposed to pause?....what are we doing today?
(Impressive I remember all of these slip-up's, ya?!)
Anyways, it wasn't pretty, folks.
Tonight calls for a game plan. We're waking Nory up mid-sleep to feed, then transferring her into the pack 'n play in the guest room. Inshallah, this plan will facilitate some more Zzzzz's - or at least enough to get us to Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Worst case scenario, we show up to school like absolute ZOMBIES, get fired for sleeping during class time, and are sent home to Canada to live in our cozy Lakefield abode. Right?
She's sleeping now. It's 6:55.
GOOD NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then we had Nory and this hour became a little less horrible and a little more understandable. The odd day our darling woke up in the 4's, life was still manageable.
Then there was this morning. And I will tell you this with 100% confidence: the "3 o'clocks" are FOR REAL THE WORST! Why, you ask? Please consider all of the aforementioned wake-me-up's with the additon of a redirected/brand-spanking new (???) mosque speaker which blares the call to prayer into Nory's room at the wee hours of the morning.
Ladies and Gents - this house has been awake since 3:30.
You'd think that with that much time to get ready for work, you'd be SUPER PREPARED for another day at the "office". It's all lies. There seems to be something to that getting-enough-sleep thing.
Things that happened today:
* forgetting to brush my teeth. BIG EW.
* putting on my night time moisturizer rather than my daytime one
* turning off the lights upon entering the bathroom (rather than keeping them on!)
* telling people that I had been up since 6:30 this morning with a look of exhaustion....then reacting to their "SO WHAT'S?!" with, "I MEAN 3:30 this morning!!!!!!!!" (WHOOPS!)
* starting conversations with colleagues and students and then losing my train of thought and walking away with a big WHAT-CAN-YOU-DO?! grin
* pausing mid-lesson to............I forget....was I supposed to pause?....what are we doing today?
(Impressive I remember all of these slip-up's, ya?!)
Anyways, it wasn't pretty, folks.
Tonight calls for a game plan. We're waking Nory up mid-sleep to feed, then transferring her into the pack 'n play in the guest room. Inshallah, this plan will facilitate some more Zzzzz's - or at least enough to get us to Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Worst case scenario, we show up to school like absolute ZOMBIES, get fired for sleeping during class time, and are sent home to Canada to live in our cozy Lakefield abode. Right?
She's sleeping now. It's 6:55.
GOOD NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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