five fifty on a friday

5:50am. 5:50am! closing my eyes and wishing it not. that's what time the toddler hopped (maybe even skipped) out of bed this morning. (don't worry he wasn't actually able to leave his room until 7am)which maybe would be okay-if- and only if- he'd gone to bed at a decent hour last night. but that of course did not happen. despite putting him to bed early enough and at his normal time he still took almost an entire hour to fall asleep at bedtime. which means....5:50 is way too early to be waking up since it was almost 8 pm before he fell asleep! i kid you not-the time change has seriously screwed him up! 7:30ish when he falls asleep at night and 6-6:30am when he wakes up. The worst is that he was on a perfectly nice schedule before then- but oh well- i can't dwell. anyhoodles. maybe it wouldn't have been so bad but i was having such bad allergies last night that i was wide eyed and unable to sleep until nearly midnight and felt like i just spent the night in a half awake (itchy) haze. My point? I don't really have one, except that. Thank goodness it is Friday. And thank goodness I still rolled my sorry self out of bed this morning and went for a run.

because the secret to my sanity as of late?  rolling myself out of bed at nearly the butt crack of dawn and running and or walking. and since i was in such a state this morning after such a night. I think God was wanting to especially put a smile on my face by gifting me with a little something I love oh so much. running in the rain.

misty rain. breathing it right into my sorry state did something nothing else could have. and i figured out the secret i wish i had figured out two years ago- getting up in the morning to exercise is better than trying to get in an extra half hour of sleep! that's right. since my lil bright eyed mornings outside getting my endorphins on- i've been better. i've been more patient and just overall less tired, less sluggish, and a lot better as a mama when I start my days with exercise and it saved me this morning. i came back with what i needed, i had my quiet time with Him and was gifted with sweet smelling misty rain and birds chirping and all that only a feet to pavement run could offer.

i came back ready to give them my all.

sweet caleb, you continue to keep us on our toes. i'm sure this will never change. but i'm learning...slowly...definitely slowly...but i'm learning. and i'm going to embrace it. you are teaching me to be a better person, a better mama to your sweet spirit. every.single. day.

i love you and lucas so very much!

Happy Friday Friends!

Hoping the toddler sleeps in tomorrow...i'd be happy with 7 at this point :) as my sisters gasps in horror at that early hour! haha.