| Some of us are blessed with an internal | | | | internal clock. |
| alarm clock. A little voice that wakes | | | | I thought I had the alarm clock before I |
| you up two minutes before your alarm | | | | had children. As a professional Nanny I |
| goes off. This may be a blessing if that | | | | was never late for a soccer game, a |
| little voice also alerts you ten minutes | | | | music lesson, or birthday party. It |
| before your son's soccer game or before | | | | turns out there are two types of |
| the school bell rings. However I don't | | | | internal alarm clocks. The one reserved |
| have that blessing. | | | | for those of us who don't have children |
| Of course I have the internal ability to | | | | under the age of 18. This one allows you |
| wake up 30 minutes BEFORE I have to wake | | | | to roll out of bed just before your |
| up after only five hours of sleep. | | | | alarm goes off after a night of 8 hours |
| Unfortunately that alarm doesn't seem to | | | | of restful sleep. |
| carry over into the waking hours. A | | | | Then there's the other alarm clock. The |
| thirty minute heads up would be handy. | | | | one called the mom alarm clock. This |
| Not having that constant heads up, | | | | internal alarm wakes you up at three |
| instead, I wear the super mom cape as I | | | | minutes before the baby needs to be fed, |
| leap over shoes, bags and the cat in a | | | | or two minutes before your toddler wets |
| flurry of movement. Knowing full well | | | | the bed, or 8 minutes before your five |
| that the school bell is going to ring in | | | | year old wakes up with growing pains. |
| ten minutes and the drive is a minimum | | | | Sometimes these alarms are all in the |
| of 11 minutes and three seconds if no | | | | same night. The mom alarm clock results |
| one is in the cross walk and that light | | | | in a pure hatred of the real alarm clock |
| isn't red. Of course, I will have to | | | | that wakes you up at 7 am as the |
| drive laps to locate a place I can stop | | | | children are peacefully sleeping telling |
| to let my son in. All the parking spots | | | | you to start your day. |
| are taken by those nannies with an | | | | |