Seriously!
I write mostly how wonderful Abby is doing in training/trials, but I rarely write how difficult every day life with her truly is. For the most part, the difficulties have become routine and don't seem quite so bad. But whenever I mention them to someone they can't believe I live like that. But I look at it as not having much of a choice, so there is no point in constantly complaining about it.
One of the hardest things with living with Abby has been the lack of sleep. Abby does not sleep through the night. . .ever. We wake up at least once, usually twice, to go potty. It is tiring (literally) but I really can't complain because for the first few months, ok 9 months, that I had her, she wouldn't wake me up. She would just pee in the bed and go back to sleep. Trust me, it is way more tiring changing your sheets in the middle of the night than it is to walk the 20 feet to the door.
Recently, however, Abby has started sleeping through the night. . .every night!!!! The only change has been that I am now getting up earlier to go to the gym. I am not waking up at 1am like she used to, but I am usually up and out by around 6:30am. I wasn't sure how waking up early would work for me since I NEED my sleep and I hardly get enough of it as it is; but I am getting more sleep now than I have in the past two years! I'm really not sure how this is actually working, but I am going to keep my fingers crossed that it keeps up!
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