Brrr...its cold!!!

I am so ready for warm weather. I absolutely HATE the cold weather we have been having lately. That's really sad considering I live on the Gulf Coast. Let's face it.....there are places that have had snow and ice repeatedly dumped on them this year so I guess I really shouldn't complain just because we've had some low temps. When I first moved down here, I wasn't a fan of the mild winters believe it or not. I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that you could literally wear shorts and flip flops on Christmas Day. OK so I still think its weird to wear shorts and flip flops on Christmas, but its nice to be able to wear long sleeves and a light jacket rather than a sweater and a heavy coat.

I am also ready for more daylight. Every morning my alarm goes off at 5:30. For those of you who are fortuneate enough not to have to wake up at so evil an hour, its dark outside at 5:30. So I hit snooze and then my alarm goes off again at 5:40. Still dark. The process repeats twice. Finally at 6, I know there is no way I am getting Haley to school on time and me to work on time if I don't get up so I drag myself out of bed, rush to get all of us ready and out the door. Then by the time I get to the office I am completely frazzled and realize it could have been totally avoided if I had only gotten up on time. Fast forward to the end of the day. Its 5 p.m. And once again, you guessed it, its dark outside. To make matters worse I get to stay at work until at least six, even seven some nights, until the middle of April. So by the time I finally get home it looks like it should be midnight rather than 6:30 or 7:30. I come in, spend a few quality minutes with the kiddos before they have to go to bed, and then I feel like its time for bed myself. Only that doesn't happen because there's dinner to clean up after and clothes to fold. Oh yeah, and occaisionally the hubby likes it if I spend some time with him as well. That brings me to now, 10:52 p.m., and I am convincing myself that tomorrow will be the day that I will not hit the snooze button. I will get up on time, work some magic to find an outfit that will not cause me to freeze all day long, and make it to the office feeling as non frazzled as I can. Maybe if I keep telling myself that it will actually happen. Maybe.