The Night Owl

I can't really remember many nights that my parents went to bed before I did. In fact the usual sounds that I fell asleep to as a kid were the distant sounds of late night TV, and my parents occasional laughter at the late night talk shows. As I got older I grew to also have the Macedo Insomnia. I usually fall asleep well after my wife falls asleep. Night time is Joe time in the house. It is when I can watch some good comedy, get in some gaming, maybe even catch a good movie. I come up with inventions, read about crazy alien moon bases on the internet and figure out how to run for President of the United States (I lose a lot of the details by morning though, so none of that stuff goes to far). I am not sure how this will work out with with the tribe's new arrival. In the first few months I see this as an advantage. Since I enjoy being up so late, I should have no problem doing late night duty with the baby right? Mornings could get problematic. I am already not the greatest morning person. Especially when we do the early morning workouts, I mean I can go for a 5 mile run at 5:00 AM and only remember the last 2 miles.

One of my little fears about the new arrival is how I am going to deal with the mornings. My wife leaves for work almost two hours before I do. This means that I will be in charge of the morning routine. I briefly mentioned this in a previous post, but I still don't have a clue how I am supposed to manage taking care of the little one in the morning, and get in my nice long hot shower!! I hear there are swings or seats that can keep junior busy while I shower, or I suppose I can train the animals to watch junior. I am starting to realize that these showers are the least of my early morning worries. I am a night owl. I have the whole night to shower, but getting us out of the house on time for day care and work, that is going to be the real challenge.

I have my morning routine mastered down to the minute. Workout, breakfast, coffee, iron cloths, take nice long hot shower, leave with exactly enough time so that I walk out of the elevator at 9:00. I am going to have to dress another human, probally change the diaper a few times. I know I will get totally side tracked playing with junior's toy train or oversized legos, and before I know it is 9:30, I am not shaved and baby has nothing but a diaper on!!