I set my alarm for 6am. It is really aspirational, since my goal is to wake up, work out, and then get to work. Most mornings, I snooze until the last minute and the sprint to be wherever I am headed on-time.
I wish snoozing were a competitive event, because I think I am especially good at it. If there is one thing I have learned this week, it is that Miles is not good at it. At soon as that first alarm goes off, and it is soothing music not an abrasive start, he is up. Not only up, but banging that E collar into everything and pawing at me while I try my best to snooze.
Yesterday it was fine. We got up at six, went for a run and then started my day. On Monday, we went for a quick run and then I got a swim in before my first meeting. Today, well that was a different story.
At 6 he was ready to go, and all I wanted to do was sleep. We learned who is in charge pretty quickly. By 6:07, I was up and getting ready for a run. Not a happy camper, but I guess it is good for me. And, for the first time, he volunteered to sleep in his crate. I left the gate open, and in the middle of the night I saw that he had gone inside to sleep there. That seems like progress, too.
Once we get up, Miles can go for a little over a mile before he starts to slow down. We walk/jog the rest of the way home. It is a good way to start the day and I think it gets some of his energy out, so he won't mind hanging out in the house most of the day. Hopefully, that will extend as he gets used to it, and eats more. Since we are running, we might as well get a full workout in.
Well, time for bed...the alarm will wake him in just a few hours.
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