...of a wife, mama, PhD student, and marathon runner.5:00am: alarm goes off
5:10am: out the door for a 3.5-4 mile run
6:00am: in the shower (downstairs - for fear of waking the baby by showering upstairs)
6:15: in the kitchen - brewing coffee (HIGH priority), assembling lunches (D usually has everything made the night before; I just have to put it in tupperware), preparing breakfast, packing K's lunch in a cooler which then goes in her stroller. All of this is done in my towel (cannot afford the extra trip upstairs -- too much time and no need to make an extra pass by K's room).
6:30: upstairs to get dressed.
6:30: average time K is up and ready to nurse
6:45: change K's diaper, get her dressed for the day, and pack extra diapers in her bag.
7:00: downstairs - place K's diaper bag at door (so it is not forgotten) and begin feeding her breakfast.
7:10: upstairs to dry hair and finish getting dressed
7:20: microwave oatmeal or toast my toast
7:28: kiss K and D good-bye
7:30: in car and on the way
7:50: on beltway to get to 95N. Must have breakfast (which I do eat in the car) finished because I cannot drive 75+ miles per hour and eat at the same time
8:30: at school ready to start the day!
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Getting up and exercising before leaving for the day is HARD. But I feel so good afterwards and it makes my afternoons so pleasant. I'm not fretting over when and how I'm going to get a run in. I'm looking forward to the time change in November - hopefully it won't be as dark when I hit the pavement at 5:10am.
3 comments:
You. Are. Amazing.
The End.
I mean that.
I feel lucky to be semi-conscious at 7a.m. for surgery. And I certainly am not running 4 miles prior to that.
That is very ambitious Becky! I will think of you when I wake up at 5am to be at work by 6. Its a good thing I am not a marathon runner, I'd have to get up at 3:30am :)
I wish I had your discipline, Becky!
My morning routine involves rolling out of bed at 8:30am, pulling hair into a bun (having fallen asleep with it wet, yet again), feeding L breakfast, heading upstairs after our nanny arrives, and sitting on my butt in front of a computer for 8-9 hours.
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