Mondays

Mondays are hard for all of us!

Tadpole just cannot get out of bed on Mondays (or most other school days).  Turtle pops up, gets dressed immediately, and usually eats breakfast pretty quickly.  Now that it's winter, he likes to sit in front of the heater vent, so prying him away from there to brush his teeth can be difficult.  But then he's almost ready to go.

Tadpole, on the other hand, wanders out around 7:45 at the earliest, in her pajamas, with her hair often looking like a rat's nest.  She moves so slowly that around 8:10, I'm frantically trying to get her to finish getting ready so she can leave for school.  She and Turtle bike with friends who live near us, which is a great arrangement!

This morning, I went swimming!  I swam about 2000 yards, but it was an IM day, which is my least favorite.  I am mostly swimming in lane 3 at the 6am practice, but I need to try moving to lane 4 more often.  I just don't push myself hard enough, so it's not a good enough workout.  I'm hoping to go at least twice more this week.  Starting with tomorrow.

Gecko is also a sleeper-inner.  Man, he's a night owl just like the others.  Which is hard when school calls.  I'm starting to be thankful that this fall he'll be in an afternoon preschool class, even if it's going to seriously complicate our afternoon schedule.

OK, time to start the day!