Wake Me Up, Before You Go-Go

Day One of the Ultimate Song Lyric challenge. Can you tell?

I'm up REALLY early for a Saturday. For me, anyway. I am fortunate that this travesty doesn't happen all of the time, in fact, it RARELY happens because 1) my husband is a naturally early riser so he gets up with the kids and 2) he likes to let me sleep in a bit and 3) he's a pretty stellar guy.

So, usually, on a weekend, I get woken up before he goes somewhere, as long as it's after 9. Otherwise, he'll just take kids with him.

[No, you can't have him.]

But today was the morning after a sleepover, and the first day of five weeks of Saturday morning soccer. So, are 6:54 AM, here comes Mama.

Dad was nice enough to have coffee made. Frankly, that's mostly self-preservation on his part, but I'll give him bonus points in the "considerate" column just the same.

To be fair though,  I just can't SLEEEEEP INNNNN the way that I used to. I used to be able to sleep until noon or thereabouts with very little effort, but now, even when given the opportunity, I'm usually up by 9. Maybe it's because our current bedroom is less cave-like in the past. Maybe it's the fact the Cinderella has gotten much louder with the running around and jumping during cartoon time. Maybe it's because Belle can't yet speak but she sure can yell to express herself. I hope it's not because I'm cruising the upper half of my thirties...

Put yourself on notice -- I will be taking a nap today. It's only fair.

Happy Birthday to Me!

I was thinking today about how much celebrating my birthday has changed in the past 10 years. Some things are very different at 36 than 26...I'm sure you would like to know exactly how, in a numbered and bulleted list, so I'll tell you.

1. Sleeping in (especially on my birthday) is key. Today I slept in until 9, which is a deficit of about 4 hours from birthdays in my 20s, but that small amount is even more appreciated now.
2. 10 years ago today we left for our honeymoon. I'm pretty sure I'm not leaving the house at all today, but my husband and daughter are probably going to run out and grab me an US Weekly, so I can take a bath and have some mindless entertainment as an accompaniment.
3. In 2002 my phone was ringing off the hook with birthday greetings. Today, thanks to the magic of cell phones and Facebook I have received about 3 texts and 80 wall posts, and it's been just lovely. Plus, those don't wake the baby.
4. I have kids now. That's just huge. Although I think our cats are actually needier, vomitier, and generally require more energy from us than the human children, and two of those cats were here 10 years ago.
5. When I was 26, I was in between semesters of my third year in law school. Now I'm on maternity leave...so similarly, I don't have to go anywhere, I'm wearing comfy pants and not showering. So on that front, things are pretty much the same.
6. I will be enjoying cake, coffee, and a cocktail - true then, true now.

I'm going to go and watch tv now while I run on the treadmill. Now that I'm this old, I guess it'll have to be reruns of Matlock.