Daylight Savings Smackdown
Oh my heavens, y’all. The twice yearly time shift has never been much of an issue for me or for our kiddos in their brief history on the planet. But something about this year perhaps – the spring shift forward and loss of an hour has us all kinds of jacked up but in opposite times of day. We never make a big deal about the shift, we keep the kids’ same bedtime & wakeup routine, and tough they might yawn a lot that first morning we carry on as normal.
But Sunday evening…ohhhhh Sunday evening was a battle. We had dinner at our regular 6:00 time frame and happened to finish quickly, which gave us plenty of wind down playroom minutes before bedtime (that routine starts at 7:00 and we wrap up stories at 8:00). Our free time was up and we began to usher the boys towards their bathrooms for toothbrushing, but they both seemed shocked and insisted it was too early for bed. The sun is still out, it’s too early, we aren’t tired yet. As their daddy and I attempted to explain “Daylight Savings” they argued about the concept and then changed to “whyyyy did you make us eat dinner so early?”
Oh.My.Lord.
We resorted to kid friendly YouTube videos to help us out and try to show them that we aren’t lying and making it all up as a scam to get them in bed earlier than normal. And after 20 minutes of various videos we had eaten up a large chunk of story time and it was getting dark as we left their rooms and there was no further struggle. But geeeeeeez.
On the flip side, I am normally able to pop out of bed at my first 5:00am alarm and get my booty down on the treadmill for my daily date. It’s not fun, I don’t enjoy it but it’s not difficult to do. I have been dragging so bad the last few mornings. My sis-in-law calls it a “life hangover”. I have hit SNOOZE 36 times and gotten up in time to get the kids up and get everyone out the door on time and found my stride around 9:00am in the middle of my barre class. And yes, I have made up my missing mileage later in the morning but then it takes time from my “get sh*t done while the kids are at school” time. So I need to quit griping tomorrow and just GET UP. I’m a grown woman and I can doooooo eeeeet!
Has anyone else been smacked in the face with this time change more than usual?What are some things you do to get back on track quickly?