4:59...

Is crazy early, and yet, my alarm was set for 5:00, I was up wide awake, "Bright eyed and busy tailed" whatever that means, at 4:59. Turned off my alarm before it made a sound and snuck out of the room...Addie trailing in my wake. Fed the dog, donned my workout garb, put the dog back to bed, snuck a peek at my little girl and I was off. I beat my partner by 10 minutes...apparently there arn't many people on the roads at 5:00am.

As I sat in the parking lot listening to Stephen A. Smith go off about the upcoming NFL draft I was shocked, car's just kept pulling up. By the time we went in to work out there were at least 15 people waiting outside for the doors to open. It was like a big sale at the mall with everyone lining up early.

I love the gym, have for a long time but as real adulthood has taken over my life I suddently found I had zero time for it...turns out all I really had to to was wake up...at 4:59.

The workout was great, and best of all I was able to get home while my house was still quiet and have some time to do a devotion. Discipline is a wonderful thing. I got pretty tired around 9:00Am but that passed and the rest of my day was seriously just a normal day...Granted I was in bed by 10 and slept like a baby, but I woke up on my own this morning at 6:00 wide awake, and low and behold, had time for my devotion again (putting God first by literally putting God first...great concept hey?)

So tomorrow I'll wake up again to hit the gym, and hopefully there will be the same sized group because hey, it's really encouraging to see that many people making the sacrifice to try to stay healthy and to pull a no show would feel like letting them down. Maybe I'll start waking up Tuesdays and Thursdays to swim too. I think I have a new favorite number and I'm gonna set my alarm to...4:59.


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