How do moms do this?

I'm still trying to figure out how anyone with kids can exercise on a regular basis. My options are limited - I can't exercise in the afternoons because of life and motherly obligations, and I refuse to go run at night when it's dark and only getting darker. That leaves first thing in the morning, hopefully when at least one of the two kiddos is still asleep. To do that, it means getting up at 5:30 when Mike gets up so that I can get finished before he has to leave for work. I'm definitely not a morning person, but when the little one still gets up multiple times a night and I'm not in bed until at least midnight, 5:30 comes REALLY early. And that's on a good day.

Then you have mornings like this morning. The big one is at grandma's, but the little one decided last night that we had to be up every hour and a half. Then, of course, at 5:30 this morning when I'm trying to sneak out of the room without waking her (the one downside of her being in my room), she wakes up and refuses to go back to sleep. Most of the time, I would get up, deal with her, and postpone the run. But not this morning! I was running, and I left her there for Mike to deal with. Dang it, I need time for myself without a kid hanging on me!!

I only got in 2.2 miles before I had to come in, but averaged 12:37 a mile. I'm going to have to get up a little earlier to get in 3.1 miles before having to come back in. It was also drizzly this morning, which I liked. It helps cool me off when it's raining.

Running Recap:
Time: 27:40
Distance: 2.2 miles
Pace: 12'37" per mile
Weather: drizzly and humid
Song Highlights: Blister in the Sun, Ice Ice Baby, Mickey, Magic Carpet Ride and Wannabe