Did I really make that bet?

Today, Danielle says to me something like, We should find a way to make us workout in the morning before work. *Shrug* and I kept working. An hour or so later, I started thinking to myself, I wish I didn't sleep so darn long in the morning. I could get so much more done. And then there was a light bulb above my head...complete with that little ding sound that comes with all great ideas.  

Danielle, were you serious about the morning workout thing? 

*Blank stare.*  I mean, I guess so. 

With the right incentives, it might just work. 

And thus, we launched the perfect type A, first-born, gold-star-loving competition to hopefully drag our bed-loving butts out of bed for some body-good sweatin'. We made a literal gold star chart. Seriously. The bet? Simple. The person with the least amount of weekday, before-work, substantial workouts (gold stars on the chart) pays the other's way to a play at Spring Green's outdoor theater, complete with the picnic and the celebratory drinks. There's also an ambiguous alternate prize for the winner of the bonus round of any other workouts which, of course, is represented with other colored stars on our chart. 

We may be nerdy, but we're going to be working hard before sun-up for the next six weeks. That's for sure. It doesn't take much to get us going apparently. But I'm glad for it. I hope I'm just as glad for it at 5:00 am on Monday morning.