I Just Keep Getting Up Earlier And Earlier

I just keep getting up earlier and earlier.

I used to get up at 6:15 AM. That’s when I had my alarm set for. My wife gets up later, so I’d hurry and shut it off. Then I started waking up before the alarm and would wait to shut it off. Then I’d always wake up before the alarm and shut it off. Then I started finding myself waking up somewhere after 4 or 5 AM and having trouble going back to sleep.

The most I gave in on that was 5:45 AM. Before that, I’d lay in bed and try to get back to sleep. Once 5:45 hit, I’d get up and get through any emails, all the updates on Facebook and Twitter, maybe go to the bathroom and brush my night plate and such. I’d watch the time and come back around 6:15 AM to shut off my alarm (I can either shut it off totally, which I only do on the weekends to minimize the chance I’ll forget to turn it on again later for the next day, or a shut off for now and skip to the next day, which can only be done right as the alarm goes off though if you time it JUST right you can actually get it to work without the alarm actually going off).

The problem is that this happens early in the morning when I’m groggy. I woke up and looked at my alarm to see it was that time to get up and went to the bathroom. After a good amount of time I looked to see where the time was at so I didn’t miss my alarm and piss off my wife. That’s when I noticed it was only 5:40 AM. It had only been 5:25 AM not 5:45 AM. I should have tried to at least keep dozing for 20 minutes, but now it was too late. I’d been too groggy and accidentally gotten up 20 minutes earlier than my minimum. You know what that’ll mean.

My body will just keep getting up earlier and earlier, soon even before I go to sleep.