My New Alarm Clock

So you may be wondering what the heck I'm doing posting already this morning.....and that is really what this blog is all about. I don't know if it's because I am excited/nervous about my new job and all that is to occur in the next two weeks or if this is going to be a common occurrence for me.

Here's the deal: with Austin's new promotion, he now has to be at work at 6 am instead of 7 am. Now that may sound ridiculous to some, but it's really only an hour earlier, there is a LOT less traffic so he doesn't have to get up as early, and he can get in his 8 hours plus 2 hours of overtime (yay $$) and still get to leave work by 4:30. So even though it's hard to get out of bed in the morning, it's worth it in the long run. Needless to say, his alarm now goes off sometime around 5 I guess (I usually don't hear it at least), and then about 5:30 or so, he comes in, gives me a hug and a kiss, and heads out the door. Now when he used to leave for work around 6:20, he would do the same thing, and I would still manage to sleep/rest for another 30 minutes before I had to get up. And even the first few days of this 5 o'clock schedule, I was able to sleep an extra hour or more......

But this week for some reason, I have NOT been able to go back to sleep after he leaves. He walks the dog and lets her stay out and sleep in the bed with me after he leaves, and I don't know if it is her that is causing me to stay awake because it takes her a few minutes to settle down and by that time I'm awake or what the deal is. So this morning at about 6, I finally gave up, turned on the news, and grabbed my laptop to catch up on people's blogs and write one of my own. I'm hoping this a temporary thing because I have a lot on my mind and I end up keeping myself awake thinking about those things. The only good thing is that I have NO trouble falling asleep at night, but it also makes me sleepy earlier. Oh well, what can you do.....well now I've wasted enough time that I guess I better try to get ready. It's a rainy kind of day here and colder so I don't know what to wear (blah!). Hope you all have a great day and I'm sure I will try to blog later today. :)