Well this isn't working out how I planned. The Senator started school yesterday and I was hoping that between the time the bus left and the time The Governor woke up, I'd have a good hour and a half to myself. Posts were going to be flying out of me faster than blood out of Anne Boleyn's aorta.
The Governor must have sensed my impending free time because after sleeping in all summer, he now decides to rise before the school bus has hit the end of the dirt road.
I'll fix his wagon. Starting Tuesday, I'm setting the alarm for 5 a.m. He wants early, I'll give him early.
If only his brother had the same problem. The Senator informed me that "first graders DON'T have their mothers wake them up. They use alarm clocks." So we bought an alarm clock and gave it a test run a few days before school started.
Day One: We set the alarm for 7 a.m. He was awake at 6:50. He waited for the buzzer, turned off the alarm, and jumped out of bed ready to go. Yes!
Day Two: We set the alarm for 6:30 a.m. I was waiting outside his bedroom door when the buzzer sounded. It continued buzzing for about a minute before The Senator groggily crawled over to the nightstand, turned off the alarm, and flopped back on his pillow and went back to sleep. Not good.
Day Three: First day of school. The alarm was set for 6:20 a.m. I listened from the top of the stairs as the buzzer started. I went into the kitchen and began fixing breakfast. At 6:23 a.m., I went back to the top of the stairs. Buzz...buzz...buzz. At 6:26 a.m., I went for another listen: buzz...buzz...buzz. I went down to his room and looked inside. He was out cold. No more relying on the alarm clock.
This morning I had to wake him again, in spite of the annoying drone from the alarm clock. But last night I might have figured out part of the problem. Bed time is 8 o'clock, but at 9:30 I went down to finish some laundry and from his room I heard the unmistakable sounds of pretend gun fire. So he got a little lecture on why it's hard to drag our heinies out of bed in the morning when we stay up to late emptying our clips into deserving bad guys.
I guess I'll have to monitor his bedroom a little more closely. Either that or up the dosage on his allergy medication.
As for The Governor...mandatory nap times have been re-instated at The Outpost.
Posted by Cathy at September 2, 2005 11:41 AM
Mother used to let the dog into my room on those mornings when I was difficult to wake. Nothing like 40 lbs of excited, slobbery puppy bouncing all over the bed to get your attention in the morning.
Posted by: aelfheld at September 3, 2005 08:02 AMMy mom used to let my little sister wake me up. This annoyed me to no end. She got to stay home and I had to go to school. She would stand at the bottom of the stairs and scream "Aunt S, come on down, you can win a new car" in her best Bob Barker Price is right Voice. I hated her for that, but I know that her payback is right around the corner. I think you should let the Governor find a creative way to wake the Senator.
Posted by: Aunt S at September 3, 2005 08:35 AMuse the cork guns to your advantage evil emergincy he he
Posted by: genral at September 3, 2005 03:54 PMHey, we missed you at the MOB bash.
Posted by: Sandy at September 6, 2005 09:05 AMThanks, Sandy. I had every intention of going. There's a post coming on that tonight.
Posted by: Cathy at September 6, 2005 06:18 PM