{Sleeping Beauty}

You know those people {mainly on TV} that jump out of bed in the morning, hair perfect, face perfect, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, smiling from ear to ear, ready to take on the day?

Well I'm not one of them.

"If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters." ~Author Unknown, attributed to Jim Davis

I wake up...slowly. I wake up...cranky. It doesn't really matter how many hours of sleep I get. Regardless, it is going to take me 30 to 45 minutes to become {me}. Before then, I am short{er}-tempered. I am bleary-eyed. My speech is slurred and my coordination is even worse than normal. I don't like to make small talk. I want to be invisible until the stupor wears off.

Yes, I have much in common with an angry drunk when I stumble out of bed awakened by the crying of one who has not yet learned the art of playing in his bed.

So why don't I set an alarm and allow myself the necessary time to wake up BEFORE my son? Laziness. My alarm goes off and I don't {want} to get up. Truthfully, I don't {want} to get up when I hear my son crying either, but I MUST.

"The older generation thought nothing of getting up at five every morning--and the younger generation doesn't think much of it either." ~John J. Welsh

I'm thinking it is time, {ahem, once again} to implement the morning routine. Starting with setting an alarm and going through my entire wake-up process BEFORE Prince Charming begins his wail. Also thinking it's high time he learned how to play in his crib.

Yes, I think I should. My mornings were much better when I got certain things done before my son got up.

"Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself." ~Elbert Hubbard

Back to the Basics
1. Coffee
2. Bible Study and Prayer Journal
3. Breakfast
4. Dishes and Laundry

{As I sit here, writing this blog, I am cranky. I think when I am sick, it no longer takes me 30 minutes to wake up...it takes 7 days.}

A few more quotes about {morning}, some thought-provoking, some I fully resonate with:

"I have a 'carpe diem' mug and, truthfully, at six in the morning the words do not make me want to seize the day. They make me want to slap a dead poet." ~Joanne Sherman

"One key to success is to have lunch at the time of day most people have breakfast." ~Robert Brault

"The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years." ~Thomas Jefferson

"Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious." ~William Feather

"I don't think jogging is healthy, especially morning jogging. If morning joggers knew how tempting they looked to morning motorists, they would stay home and do sit-ups." ~Rita Rudner