The Daddy Red Eye – Up Early
Time to recreate myself again, or at least my schedule.
Know any parents who get up before the crack of dawn every morning… 5, 4 AM just to get some quiet, productive time before the kids arise and the chaos begins? The very concept used to seem offensive, given my life-long torrid love affair with sleep. But now, here I am, a full-blown adult who works form home, makes my own schedule, living the dream I’ve had since my first day having to get up for school at Age 5, and yet, I’m up of my own free will at 5:30.
My wife thinks I’m insane, but having a few things done and out of the way before Flora arises has taken down some stress a notch and allows me to have a little more focused family time without the nagging feeling of the day’s deadlines to distract from my daughter’s rapid, never-gonna-see-it-again development.
All that said, it’s not as easy as it seems. Green tea just isn’t seeming strong enough these mornings to clear my head, and this morning, Flora woke up a few hours early at 6:15. So much for hours of quiet productivity. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to have a conversation about horses and Curious George.