Elizabeth has been on call all week and has had a more intense schedule at the hospital which means that we have not been able to run at our normal times. I texted her yesterday telling her that I'd be happy to get up super early this morning and try to go with her. The one caveat was that she was technically still on call until 7 so there we just had to run close to home so she could be within 15 minutes of getting to the hospital if needed.
Knowing I would be getting up at 5 a.m., I offered to sleep on the couch so that I would not wake Jason up and he did not turn down my offer. :) I don't think I have ever slept on our couch, but there is always a first. (And I'm glad this was not the classic thing of me sleeping on the couch because of a fight or something like that where we each needed space. This was just me trying to be considerate of the fact that not everyone wanted to be an early bird this morning.)
I did not get to bed until 11, and I don't know about you, but when I know I have to get up early, I don't always sleep very well. I tend to wake up frequently and check my watch thinking it's already time to get up as I anticipate my alarm going off. I heard Anna up once in the night and wondered if I should go up to check on her, but then it sounded like she was fine and had gone back to bed. I thought about getting up to go to the bathroom myself, but then I just rolled over and tried to ignore my bladder and to go back to sleep. Then early this morning (around 4:00 a.m.), I heard the birds and they seemed to be singing into a microphone- they were so loud!
Knowing I would be getting up at 5 a.m., I offered to sleep on the couch so that I would not wake Jason up and he did not turn down my offer. :) I don't think I have ever slept on our couch, but there is always a first. (And I'm glad this was not the classic thing of me sleeping on the couch because of a fight or something like that where we each needed space. This was just me trying to be considerate of the fact that not everyone wanted to be an early bird this morning.)
I did not get to bed until 11, and I don't know about you, but when I know I have to get up early, I don't always sleep very well. I tend to wake up frequently and check my watch thinking it's already time to get up as I anticipate my alarm going off. I heard Anna up once in the night and wondered if I should go up to check on her, but then it sounded like she was fine and had gone back to bed. I thought about getting up to go to the bathroom myself, but then I just rolled over and tried to ignore my bladder and to go back to sleep. Then early this morning (around 4:00 a.m.), I heard the birds and they seemed to be singing into a microphone- they were so loud!
As I woke up last night a few times, I thought of you, Abby, and the number of times you've made a sacrifice to sleep in the hospital or lose a few more hours of sleep to make sure that Jens is doing okay... It made me so very grateful for you and these very tangible ways you've shown love....
Lo and behold, I walked out the door bright and early this morning at 5:15 and stretched for a bit. I started down the street to meet Elizabeth on the bridge on 20th and I got a phone call from her saying that she could not believe it but that she just got a call that a patient was going into labor. I told her that it was no problem and that while I would miss running with her that it would be a novel idea that I would be back at home by 6:30 a.m. with hot tea in hand with my run behind me for the day. See below for the other texts I sent...
back at home...
workout done...
a new day has dawned....
my heart is full of thanks...
I gave Elizabeth an imaginary superhero cape today.
I'm sending capes your way too.
Keep up the heroic efforts of loving each other well...
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