That’s What I Get
October 9th, 2006 @ 6:58 am
The alarm went off at 6am (Chris’ actually went off at 5:58am) and I was not quite ready to drag my lifeless body and big hair (the only time I truly have “Texas hair” is when I awake) off to the gym. Chris rolls over and I feel his breath through aforementioned big hair as he says, “Are we working out today?” to which I crankily reply, “No.”
“Are we working out tomorrow?”
Getting annoyed with these pre-daylight questions, I sigh and say, “I guess.”
I reset my alarm for 6:40am, and shove my face back into my pillow.
Drifting back into REM, I began to dream that I had indeed woken up, late, and rushed off to work, without changing clothes (my mismatched blue Scotland Tshirt and bright pink sleep pants are definitely in for fall.) My hair, still big, a dab of white sulphur face mask still on as I try to keep a pimple at bay. On the way to work, I begin to put my lipstick on (not noticing, I suppose, my state of dishevel) and realize I have 3 big blisters under my left eye. In the car, I turn to Chris and ask if they are noticeable. He says no (he’s probably blinded by my bright sleep pants.) and as we get closer to work, the big blisters begin to burst.
I will stop here and spare you of what that looked like.
Once I get to work, I say I need to go to the doctor to have him look at the blisters, and I end up taking four homeless black children with me.
6:40am didn’t come soon enough.
The moral of the story is this: Stick to your commitments. If you say you’re going to wake up at 6am and work out, do it.
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Crystal Renaud said,
October 9, 2006 at 7:51 am
… or else you will get eye blisters… yikes anne. oh i just woke-up late too… 7:40am.
umm… so explain the black homeless children please?
Kristiapplesauce said,
October 9, 2006 at 8:00 am
I get what you are saying…but I think you are a crack smoker.
Allen Arnn said,
October 9, 2006 at 8:17 am
My clock was set for 6am to go work out. I got up at 5:58am to use the restroom and knew I didn’t want to get up right at 6am. I changed my alarm to 6:15am. Snoozed at 6:30, turned it off at 6:45. As I still was in bed, Debbie just read me your post at 8:02am.
kat jacobs said,
October 9, 2006 at 8:20 am
I decided last night not to wake up early.
No bad dreams.
Just give in earlier, like me, and you’ll sleep like a baby.
:-)
-Kat
Levi said,
October 9, 2006 at 10:10 am
racist.
:)
Rich said,
October 9, 2006 at 11:48 am
Am I really awake while typing this comment?
West Wheeler said,
October 9, 2006 at 12:30 pm
they’re called “love blisters”
mairi petticrew said,
October 9, 2006 at 12:32 pm
6am??? i dont blame ya!!!
haleyeah said,
October 9, 2006 at 12:46 pm
wow, you DO have an active imagination. Waking up is so hard because i love staying up the night before. I just feel like a grandpa going to bed before 10.
bryonm said,
October 9, 2006 at 4:23 pm
That would have made a great picture for your profile…
WES said,
October 9, 2006 at 8:22 pm
Ummm…you know you could always exercise AFTER work…you know, a time with a PM after the number…
tim said,
October 9, 2006 at 8:42 pm
Alternative Moral to the story…. Don’t make plans to wake up early and go the gym.
Janine said,
October 10, 2006 at 8:29 am
That’s just funny!
Kristiapplesauce said,
October 10, 2006 at 8:54 am
Hale yeah looks like a grandpa too, I have seen pictures.
krisk said,
October 10, 2006 at 11:29 am
funny, and yet somehow, disturbing….
;-)
this week and next, things are a little off the map for me (i know that’s so bad - but, i’ve been out of the country after all!) — but whenever we can beyond that, lets get together!
mairi said,
October 11, 2006 at 3:30 am
hey…yup you guessed it…im in school and….`bored
kris said,
October 11, 2006 at 10:01 am
so did you work out today????
Anne Jackson said,
October 11, 2006 at 10:26 am
I haven’t worked out :( Turns out my not so good feeling Monday morning was another dumb cyst rupturing…so my reproductive organs are carrying out a coup they have been planning the last couple of years. :(
Nathan Campeggio said,
October 11, 2006 at 10:45 am
That should motivate me to work out.