Early Rising

I've never been much of a morning person, as I'm sure I've discussed here before. My most productive times were often after midnight and in college, I was known to sleep until lunch regularly. Even just a few years ago, I still managed to get out of bed after 8am and make it to work by 9.

Then we got a dog.

And had a baby human.

Now, I'm up an extra hour early to get the four-legged daughter walked and help out with the two-legged daughter as needed. And on the one day every couple of weeks where the potential is there to sleep beyond 8am, it rarely happens since a certain little person begins to rise about that time.

I don't really mind being forced to grow up and become a morning person all that much. What I do regret, though, is that I've seemingly lost the ability to stay up late and get lots of things done. When it was just me and the dog for a few days, most nights I fell asleep on the couch by 10. College Me would be very saddened by that. I guess that's OK, though, because College Me was broke.