Yeah, I'm Awake
Mood:  chatty
I'm NOT a morning person. No really, I'm not. I'm one of those people who, the later I stay up, the more awake I get. If left alone, I can sleep until 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon, and trying to function before 10:00 or 11:00 is a REAL challenge for me. As a matter of fact there is some evidence to suggest that I may even have a sleeping disorder. But that's beside the point, what's important to note is that I am NOT A MORNING PERSON. I've long recognized this problem and I've developed some fail safes to make my life bearable.

The first trick to surviving not being a morning person is to develop routines. This way you can get through the morning with your eyes still closed and not miss some important task during the process. A typical morning for me looks like this: Go pee, pet cat if allowed, take birth control pill, undress, weigh, weigh again, weigh one more time just in case the first two were wrong, get out the other scale and weigh on it, give up, throw both scales in the trash and start the shower, step in the shower, rinse, wash hair, rinse, repeat, wash body from head to toe, final rinse, step out of shower, turn off shower, dry, wrap hair, put on deodorant... etc. You get the idea.

Yesterday morning I was a little foggier then usual. (See note below on the new feline sport - book tossing) I got up and started my morning routine as usual, but when I stepped into the shower and started the first rinse, I remembered that the day before I had noted that SOMEONE (bless her little blond headed soul) had used all my vanilla scented body wash. So, I stepped back out of the shower and grabbed another bottle. After stepping back into the shower I went back into auto pilot. I was wet, I had a bottle of soap in my hand, must be time to wash my body! So I did. The next step was of course get out of the shower and rinse off, and so on and so forth. So I did. I was in the car and on my way to work before I finally woke up enough to realize... I had forgotten to wash my hair!

ACK!