I'm a bad mom....

Honestly...how can you not love a face like this?? How can you even be mad at someone this cute? Well, evidently it's possibly if you're evil like me; I realized this morning that I'm a bad "mom" to our puppy Bentley.
Don't get me wrong. I absolutely, flat-out love this dog. I love coming home and seeing him, I miss him when I'm gone for a while, it's hard to study when he's around because all I want to do is play with him, etc. etc. etc.....
Well, all of that was not coming to mind this morning. Let me back up a little bit....ever since coming back from a week at my parents' house for Christmas, Bentley's developed the "fun" habit of waking up at 3 or so in the morning and barking until someone lets him out. Usually he has to go outside and all that, but when he comes in, all he wants to do is play.
I don't know about you, but I'm not much for "play" at 3 in the morning, especially when my alarm's going to be going off in a few short hours.
This morning, the barking started at 3:30 am and lasted until at least 6am (and beyond). Generally my brother takes care of him during the night if necessary, but since that boy can sleep through a stampede of elephants, he didn't hear him. I know that we're trying to break him of his fun new habit and that he didn't in fact need to go outside, so I thought it best to leave him down there, thinking he'd calm down....nope. So, needless to say I went to bed early last night with a headache, and with only getting a few hours of precious sleep, I was not too thrilled to hear the barking from downstairs for 2 1/2 hours this morning.
Unfortunately, I was cranky today at school, falling asleep in class, barely able to pay attention, and all the while feeling so guilty and like such a bad "mom" for even thinking these things about my adorable puppy. Sigh...I've got to get better at this patience thing.
I'm exhausted today, so hopefully I'll get a good night's sleep tonight.....