It's 5.20am and Paul's alarm rang like it's invincible and there is no tomorrow. My wonderful husband have this daily ritual, he sets the alarm clock at 5.20am and set it on snooze mode. If you wonder what snooze mode is, it's this annoying setting that after the initial buzz, the alarm will go off again in an interval of 9 mins. So when it first rang at 5.20am, he hit the button and resume sleep. 9 mins later the alarm starts screaming AGAIN and same thing, he hit the snooze button. And AGAIN try to steal some MORE sleep. When that happen for the 3rd time, he jumped out of bed and got himself ready and look stunning for the day ahead. From the moment the alarm first buzz till he finally gets out of the house - a total of 30 mins.
As for me, the moment his alarm's initially set off at 5.20am, it will wake me up and my routine ?! If I am lucky, I will not hear a single thing and sleep right through. If I am semi-lucky, I will toss and turn and managed to resume my beauty sleep. And if I am unlucky, I will be awake for the rest of the day and yes folks, it's 5.20am rise and shine !
Like any other day, Paul did his ritual but today it's the unlucky day for me, my eyes are wide open and my brain/mind is speeding at 200 miles an hour for no particular reason either. So the whole time, I observe that body lying next to me and watch him get ready and leave for work while I am sleepless in Oviedo.
So I decided to drag my butt out of the bed and jump on the truck and drove my happy butt to the gym. Oh yes, it's 6am and to my surprise, it's kind of crowded for that early in the morning.
Thus I did my gym's ritual of stationing my butt on the cross trainer and work my ass off for 30 mins, spend 1 hr on the weights machine and torture every single muscle of my body and then back on the cross trainer again for another 10 mins before I drag my "shag-ker-dalic" body home. And no, I do not enjoy self-torture either. Just believing in the saying of "No Pain, No Gain... No Guts, No Glory" *lol*
After the icey cold shower, I do feel good - awake and glad to be alive. As for a 2nd round of sleep ? Forget it, Paul just rang and drag me with him on his site inspection. I don't know how long this "healthy" lifestyle will last but I just take one day at a time... right now I need to search for some yummy food to compensate my trembling arms and shaky legs.
As for me, the moment his alarm's initially set off at 5.20am, it will wake me up and my routine ?! If I am lucky, I will not hear a single thing and sleep right through. If I am semi-lucky, I will toss and turn and managed to resume my beauty sleep. And if I am unlucky, I will be awake for the rest of the day and yes folks, it's 5.20am rise and shine !
Like any other day, Paul did his ritual but today it's the unlucky day for me, my eyes are wide open and my brain/mind is speeding at 200 miles an hour for no particular reason either. So the whole time, I observe that body lying next to me and watch him get ready and leave for work while I am sleepless in Oviedo.
So I decided to drag my butt out of the bed and jump on the truck and drove my happy butt to the gym. Oh yes, it's 6am and to my surprise, it's kind of crowded for that early in the morning.
Thus I did my gym's ritual of stationing my butt on the cross trainer and work my ass off for 30 mins, spend 1 hr on the weights machine and torture every single muscle of my body and then back on the cross trainer again for another 10 mins before I drag my "shag-ker-dalic" body home. And no, I do not enjoy self-torture either. Just believing in the saying of "No Pain, No Gain... No Guts, No Glory" *lol*
After the icey cold shower, I do feel good - awake and glad to be alive. As for a 2nd round of sleep ? Forget it, Paul just rang and drag me with him on his site inspection. I don't know how long this "healthy" lifestyle will last but I just take one day at a time... right now I need to search for some yummy food to compensate my trembling arms and shaky legs.
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