This morning I did something I haven't done in at least 9 months. I opened my eyes at 6, dozed off again, and decided (!) to get up at 7 (!) a.m. (JW: Why are you getting up? Me: Because I got enough sleep.) Then I felt like working out. And I did! This was my pre-baby routine: up at about 6:30 without an alarm, morning workout, breakfast, shower, start my day. I feel so good right now. I knew lack of sleep was affecting my schoolwork but I didn't realize how much it was affecting my mood and energy levels. I feel like I did back in college when I went home for vacation and got a decent night's sleep after months of going to bed at 4 a.m. and realized, "This is what it feels like to not be tired."
Last week I lamented the end of nursing, but there are at least two huge positives: JW can wake up in the morning with K (as he did today), and NO MORE PUMPING. I think I've lost enough of my general law school audience that most of my readers have pumped before or will do so in the near future. But for those of you who don't know, the machine isn't the only thing that sucks. You have to lug it around, keep track of pump parts and storage bottles, find a private place, and worst of all, you have to schedule your day around periodic twenty-minute pumping breaks. It is a giant imposition on your life and as much as I enjoyed breastfeeding my baby, I will not miss the pump. Or waking up at 5 a.m. every single day after keeping one ear on the monitor the entire night.
