hmm.

[fox]

Experimenting with altering my morning routine. Instead of hitting the alarm approximately 97852461 times and then dragging my ass out of bed, through the shower, into the kitchen, etc., and almost invariably getting in the car ten or fifteen minutes later than I should and thus arriving at work at least fifteen minutes later than I hope to; instead of all that, I'm setting the alarm twenty minutes earlier, hitting the snooze exactly once, and heading down to the gym for a mile and a half (approx. -- actually it only lets you set the time, not the distance, so I do twenty minutes with a five-minute cooldown, at a speed just below jogging, at least until I get a more supportive sports bra) on the treadmill, and then the shower and breakfast and whatnot and I'm still out the door a solid half-hour earlier than I used to be on a normal day.

And I'm digging it, is the freaky thing. Not this ache in my leg, which I think comes from not stretching properly before or after doing the hurrying. But the rest of it, the combination of having something in addition to Go To Work to do in the morning, and being able to breathe (this is daily antihistamines, which are doing better things for me than daily decongestants -- who knew?), and having energy -- why didn't I know about this? AWESOME.