Morning routine

One of the many challenges we have faced with JC this year has been our morning routine. I recognize that this might, in part, be due to the fact that I am NOT a morning person, so perhaps I have a little less patience than required in the morning. JC however, is most certainly a morning person. She is almost always the first person up, and is often awake before I even go to wake her. Sadly, this does not translate to her moving well in the morning. I'm still trying to figure out what could possibly take so long for her upstairs in the mornings. And yes, I have tried getting up earlier to make things go more smoothly. On those mornings she manages to succeed in moving even slower. Another challenge to our morning routine is that, as a favor to a friend, we have extra guests here for about 45 minutes in the morning twice a week. As you might suspect, those extra guests are much more fun than any morning chores that might need to be accomplished. I'm not talking about major chores here. It's pretty much the standard, make the bed, get dressed, brush your teeth, feed the cats, and eat breakfast. This morning I was reminding JC for the umpteenth time that the clock was still moving even if she wasn't and she mentioned that at the hotel over the weekend she didn't have to make her bed. I decided there was not point engaging this conversation. However, about five minutes later when I again reminded her that things needed to be done and she wasn't accomplishing anything, she again mentioned that over the weekend she didn't have to make her bed. I explained that was true. Her aunt had paid for them to sleep at the hotel, and the hotel had paid a maid to make her bed. We do not, however, have a maid, but if she would like to pay me each morning to do her job I would be happy to do it. She suddenly saw the value in doing it herself!