Coming Clean

When people find out that I wake up at 5:00 am every day to get to they gym before work, many are stunned and can't believe the willpower I have to get up at such an early hour and work out before I have to be to school. Well, it's time the truth comes out.

It's all for the shower.

Before I worked out in the morning, I would shower at night so I could sleep as late as possible. This started to become a pain because usually as soon as the girls are in bed, I start school work. If I have to interrupt that time with a shower, that means less time for work, and it also means that the shower tends to wake me up, which is not a good thing when I want to go to bed at a decent time.

So, I started showering in the morning. The bathroom is across the hall from Lydia and Audrey's room. Somehow, those two have super hearing powers and are able to hear the sound of me swallowing a vitamin or brushing mascara on my lashes. Inevitably, they wake up. That means I need to get them out of bed, keep them busy with a TV show and a bowl of dry cereal or a piece of fruit, and get ready while they keep barging into the bathroom to tell me that they want to watch a different show, need more Cheerios, dropped their banana, or want to wear deodorant too. It doesn't go well. Plus, I'm breaking two of Daddy's rules by letting them eat in the living room and watch TV before they're dressed. Additionally, once I'm ready to leave, I tell them to be quiet until Daddy wakes up. Pfffffffffftttttttttt!!!!!!! Yeah,right. Not only will they yell as soon as I'm out the door and wake up Daddy, but Charlie will also wake up, and then the whole family is up way too early.

It's even more terrible if they wake up BEFORE I actually get in the shower. I am treated to the blasts of cold air as they open the bathroom door and then push the shower curtain open and yell, "I see your boobies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It's great. Nobody does that at the gym. Unless you're responding to Craigslist missed connections.

So, in order to get ready in peace and quiet, I go to the gym in the morning. If a byproduct of that is getting to run a few miles, lift a few weights, and do some sit-ups in the morning as well, so be it.