Rebirth of the Juggernaut: Brute Force and Ignorance (Part 1)

I legit put them on before bed so that I didn’t have to put them on in the morning.

To give you a little peek into my life, I get up at 0440 and I have 2 pugs that sleep in the bed with me and the Mrs. One is an 11 year old male, who is grumpy, lethargic and ornery, and one is a 9 year old female that still thinks she’s a puppy.

The SECOND the alarm goes off, the female pug springs out of the covers and starts running all over the bed, because she’s excited about getting fed. I have to get out of the bed quickly, because otherwise she’ll trounce all over my wife, who has a 50/50 shot of getting up with me to run or sleeping in. I try to wrangle the pug instantly so that she won’t wake up the Mrs in case she does want to sleep in.

That pug follows me into the bathroom, where I pee and then step on the scale for my morning weigh in, usually without socks. Right about the time I finish though, the male pug has stretched out and has most likely finally gotten out of bed. THIS is a problem though, because despite being neutered, he STILL marks everything he can, so if I don’t corral him into the bathroom quickly, he will proceed to pee on everything I own.

All the while, I’m trying to put on a pair of blue rehband pants, since my hips feel like broken glass in my 30s, then workout shorts and a t-shirt to train in, and every time I get on 1 foot to put a leg in the pantleg of the rehband pants or the shorts, 1 of those 2 pugs will book it in the wrong direction, and I have to hop after them.

At this point, I should remind you that it’s pitch black, because I don’t want to turn the light on to wake up my wife.

Once I get fully assembled, I chase the pugs out of the bedroom, downstairs, feed them, eat a quick breakfast, and get in the garage to train.

And THAT is why I sleep in socks; so that it’s one less time I have to take 1 foot off the floor.

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