For most things that don’t work out the way we want in life it is easy to blame someone else. For many things I can simply blame my parents. I mean have you seen my nose? I mean come on.

But there is one particular thing that for which I can place the blame squarely on the shoulders of my 2 sons: my inability to sleep in.

I remember fondly the days of sleeping past 9 or even 10 in the morning.  There we occasions I even slept past noon - ah the good ol days.

I even remember having conversations with “morning people” telling me that eventually I would become one of them. Damn them.

As many parents are aware, kids get up early. Add to that they have no real concept of what a weekend is or what it should mean in regards to my sleep pattern.

Kids come in and wake you up no matter what. Everyday.

But unfortunately it has gotten even worse.  Now, even when they don’t come in and wake me up before the sun rises- I wake up on my own. 

My internal alarm clock has been set, and it is stuck on “freakin’ early”.

Thank you Gabe, thank you Nate.

Who am I kidding, they are too cute to blame.  Maybe I should just blame my wife. I wonder if she reads these.  I guess I’ll find out.

Joshua Carter
http://carterfitness.com