Human alarm clock WTF

[marydell]

Someone in my little family thinks that 4 am is a good time to start our day today.

I am not that someone.

Most days at work I respond to problems, fixing stuff when it breaks, deciding stuff based on short conversations, which means I can be productive even when I am half asleep, because there is no need to concentrate.  Today's tasks, however, are:  1. write a root-cause-analysis process guide for my team  2. write an email-administration process guide  3. lead 10-person roundtable meeting late in the afternoon to present & refine email-administration process.

Today is going to suuuuuuck.

Comments

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Oh honey. Good luck. ::sends tea::

[marydell.livejournal.com]

::drinks tea, adds diet coke::

[pnkrokhockeymom.livejournal.com]

This? This was Puppy for years. When he was, um, 5, I think, he started waking up later, say, around 7:30. He inched a little bit later every six months or so.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

He's normally a 5:30 waker, which works well, since that gives me half an hour to feed him, half an hour to shower and dress myself, half an hour to dress him and prep his day care bag before leaving the house with him at 7...

Today is a new-toofum day, so he's all out of sync.

[klgaffney.livejournal.com]

ohhhh dear. my sympathies. *sends red bull!*

[marydell.livejournal.com]

*drinks red bull, adds candy bar*

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Small children have a deep-rooted sense of their needs, and little else. Since that's, unfortunately, necessary they get to announce it. Their parents get to experience the dubious joys of waking up at all hours.

When Number One son was born I discovered that I had acquired the power of hearing every squalling child in the neighbourhood. There were an awful lot of squalling children in upper Manhattan 23.5 years ago. Apparently, women can hear all crying babies but men tune them out until they become fathers whereupon they become attuned to the sound of 'waaaaaaasic'.

On t'other hand, there's nothing as rewarding as being the first one up to change the young lad's nappy and seeing his huge smile. Or as discomfiting as discovering that the infantile penis can function as a high-pressure hose.

On NPR this morning, btw, someone from your employer was being quoted about the unemployment figures.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, we have our own economist on staff who is an analysis resource for the Chicago news organizations. She's cool.

Charlie is normally not a big crier, and he sleeps wonderfully, except when he's teething, which is now. He also only pees on his daddy, which is AWESOME. Mike thinks it's malice, but I think it's because Mike is the slowest diaper-changer ever...I have the benefit of years of babysitting and looking after nieces & nephews.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Teething is a lot of no-fun for all involved, and the teether learns to share. I don't know if it is malice or not; it is certainly an incentive to get it over with. On t'other hand, you want to make sure that the laddie is dry before putting a fresh nappy on.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Mercifully, we are almost done with the first four teeth (two bottom and two top), which are said to be the worst until the molars start.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

You'll have a little rest, then. That's a good thing.

[gailmom.livejournal.com]

*huggles* sorry about that. Monkey still thinks that 5am starts the day...and that it shouldn't end until 8:30pm (except when he is sick, when he goes down at 7:30 and isn't up till almost 7am....it makes me feel awful that I kinda like that part of him being sick)

I say, take Charlie with you to the roundtable meeting, everyone will be so busy with how cute the baby is, they won't notice how tired you are....since you will be so focused in comparison to them. :D

[marydell.livejournal.com]

LOL, I did bring him for a visit to the office when I was on my baby leave with him, and everyone went ape over him. But he wouldn't like my commute...it's longish.

Charlie's normal night's sleep is 8 pm to 5:30 am...I am so spoiled.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

(Sends coffee, black, with 5 shots of espresso)

[marydell.livejournal.com]

*chokes down coffee*