5:30am

I'm a single mother for the rest of this week and in order to make sure that I get to work at a relatively decent time, I woke up at 5:30am. Yes, that's right folks, 5:30am. Do you really know how early that is? There's still frost on the windows. The sky is still black. My towel is still damp from the shower last night.

Why do I have to wake up so early? Well, it takes me approxmiately 45 minutes to an hour to get myself ready without rushing..and I HATE to rush. Then, I have to make Keira's lunch, get her milk ready and then starts the looong process of waking her up, and giving her breakfast and out the door. And because I hate to be rushed, I dont' like to rush her..not that it would do any good other than to make her cry.

Keira's been crying a lot and pitching a fit these past couple of days. It's probably because she's so darn tired and she wants a some lovin' from her Mommy. This Mommy forgot her rules and got so busy with trying to get everything done that I forgot to sit down with her and give her cuddles.

So now I'm going to pick up my child and totally focus on her for the rest of the evening until she goes to sleep. Then, I'll try my very best to workout for 30 minutes before I konk out.

I tell you, this mom stuff is hard work. :)