Sleep or Workout??

So for those who haven't read my earlier posts I live in Ontario, Canada. Usually our summers are warm and can be humid. But last week it was much warmer than a lot of us are use to with a lot of humidity. I literally looked like I stuck my finger in a socket when I left my hair down lol. My hair does not behave very well in humid weather to say the least. However what was really the adjustment I think for a lot of us was slowing down, drinking enough water and avoiding heat stroke. I even skipped out on my runs because I knew I would over heat too quickly not being use to the weather.

I don't normally condone making excuses to skip exercising but I also wanted to be safe. I am not use to 35C that feels like 42C with the humidex. That is around 107.6F, but for those in dry climates let me tell you when it is that humid it is like trying to breather water. The air is thick like soup. But I refused to complain. It was awesome for other activities besides running. Swimming of course was #1 on list. I love the water and any excuse to stay in it forever and ever. And seeing as it is only a few short months away before the snow comes back we better enjoy the sunshine right!

I also took on babysitting for the summer on top of my home business managing Social Media sites for companies. So far babysitting has been a great experience. I had forgotten a lot of the wonderful things about being a child and everything that goes with it.

It seems that my imagination is being rekindled and my creativity has come back full force. I always loved being crafty but now my passion for art and everything creative is coming back. We recently just spent a week making a paper mache pinata. And the week before we created an obstacle course outside for the kids to race.

However as much fun as I am having what I am lacking is enough sleep which is really killing my motivation to maintain my workouts like before. It is a toss up some days if I should work out or sleep. What is more important I ask myself. Unfortunately some days I am not done chores and working until almost 10:30pm and I have to wake at 5:45 for babysitting so I am very tempted to pick sleep.

I know my workouts are important to reach my goals but I also know you need sleep to reach your goals too. ... This leaves me with the ultimate question: if I get up at 5am to work out with only 6 hours sleep will that be enough for me? I hear so often we need 8 hours sleep and some times I feel like I need 10 hours sleep.

What are your thoughts? I would love to hear other peoples opinions or ideas.