Morning People Still Need Coffee

I always vowed to stay away from coffee.  When my parents would brew it each morning, I would plug my nose in disgust and ask, "how do you drink that stuff?"  When my friends bought their fancy Starbucks drinks, I would order a frappacino because if they had any form of coffee in them, I couldn't tell.  Then, one day someone ordered me an innocent carmel macchiato.  It wasn't bad and I actually started craving them every so often.  Then, finals started getting serious (at some point in my college career) so I would have a super-cremed coffee every now and then...and another... My roommates last year would always offer me a morning cup of Joe and managed to get me to try McDonald's iced coffee, but I was still living in coffee denial.  I, Jessica Alley, just purchased a GIANT bottle of creamer (Almond Joy- I have an extremely refined palette- HA!) to help me bear a daily dose of coffee in order to get through the next 10 weeks of early mornings.  I'll be texting my parents tomorrow when I wake them up to let them know that (ehem) they were right and I was wrong about "someday you will grow to love it, too!"

(To make a decision about how much/what type of creamer to buy, I called my friend Liz in the middle of a Walmart this afternoon- thanks again!)

Anyway, my point is that although I'm starting to get the hang of seizing the day at 5 a.m., waking up to student teach every day is kinda rough.  It sounds lazy, but honestly observing and worrying every day about what you should do or say (or if you're doing enough) is tiring.  Plus, without stimulation, it's hard to stay focused and refrain from yawning!  It's not terrible, and really I shouldn't be whining, but maybe whoever is reading this right now can identify with what I'm saying.

To save myself precious moments of sleep in the morning, I have started following the following routine the night before each day begins: pack my lunch, lay out my clothes, take a shower, set out all necessary tools for morning prep (hair tools, makeup, tooth brush/paste, ect.), and get my bag together.  After working on my routine, I actually got to enjoy 20 minutes of sitting and watching the news this morning while eating breakfast (YAY! I love watching the news in the morning).