So about that whole honesty thing…
Alright. I’m confessin’. Today was a total and complete failure.
If I were going to make excuses (which, of course, I’d never do), I’d say that Caleb was up from 4 a.m. until about 4:20 a.m. and then just when I went back to sleep, Gracie wet her bed and I had to change sheets from about 5:15 until 5:30. But I won’t try to make excuses. Of course.
Nope. I’ll own it. I consciously and in a total state of defiance grabbed my phone and reset my alarm for 6:50. If the Proverbs 31 lady had been there, I would have totally stuck out my tongue at her. I might have even muttered something about how she’d have to pry my snooze button from my cold, dead hands. What can I say? Things are always a little more dramatic at 5:30 in the morning.
But you know what I found out?
It didn’t help. Like…at all. I was still slurring my words and falling asleep at the breakfast table. And then on top of still being tired, I had the added guilt of not doing what I set out to do. There is not one thing on my Wednesday Chore List that has a triumphant little line through it. And I’ve come to realize that I really really like the triumphant little lines. It makes me feel like I won…something…or other. Anyway…
So now I have a whole new motivation to get it right tomorrow. I have that and about five extra things on Thursday’s “to do” list.
So maybe I won’t call today a failure. Maybe I’ll just claim it as a learning experience and move on.
And if the Proverbs 31 lady haunts my dreams tonight, I won’t blame her. Or throw my alarm clock at her. Not that I’ve ever done that to anyone.
Nope.
Never.
Not me.
=)
