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Oh Good Grief, I am a Morning Person
Oct. 18th, 2010 09:17 amI prided myself for years on my nocturnal habits. I was a creature of the night. It was useful in my career as a stage manager among others. But now I seem to be a morning person. I wake up and can get more done in the first three hours of my day than I seem to be able to the rest of the day.
Case in point, this morning I woke up about 7. I got up and went into the kitchen to take care of Fig. Fed Fig and cleaned up the kitchen including the dishwasher exchange clean for dirty. Got Treat his medicine and fed him. Pulled a load of laundry out of the dryer, put the last load for this week in the dryer, folded all the clothing and put them away. Got Caroline ready for school, repacked her backpack, remembered to put a note in her folder telling the teacher that I will be picking her up from school. Made coffee. Got Caroline to the bus. And now I am typing this entry.
After I finish this, I have a couple of things I might do depending on how the spirit moves me.
The only downside is that I tend to fade out about between 11:00pm and midnight if not a little earlier. Staying up late doesn’t work for me anymore. I guess I am headed for fogeydom. If needed I can still push beyond that time but I really pay for it on the backend.
The upside is that the schedule my body is on is the one that works the best for the life I have today. I need to be up for Caroline in the morning. I need to get things done during daylight hours more than I need the ability to stay up all night until the sunrise. It was a useful skill to have but I now bid it adieu and embrace my morning person rather than threatening it with serious bodily harm.
I am grateful that my body seems to work out when I need to be awake.
Case in point, this morning I woke up about 7. I got up and went into the kitchen to take care of Fig. Fed Fig and cleaned up the kitchen including the dishwasher exchange clean for dirty. Got Treat his medicine and fed him. Pulled a load of laundry out of the dryer, put the last load for this week in the dryer, folded all the clothing and put them away. Got Caroline ready for school, repacked her backpack, remembered to put a note in her folder telling the teacher that I will be picking her up from school. Made coffee. Got Caroline to the bus. And now I am typing this entry.
After I finish this, I have a couple of things I might do depending on how the spirit moves me.
The only downside is that I tend to fade out about between 11:00pm and midnight if not a little earlier. Staying up late doesn’t work for me anymore. I guess I am headed for fogeydom. If needed I can still push beyond that time but I really pay for it on the backend.
The upside is that the schedule my body is on is the one that works the best for the life I have today. I need to be up for Caroline in the morning. I need to get things done during daylight hours more than I need the ability to stay up all night until the sunrise. It was a useful skill to have but I now bid it adieu and embrace my morning person rather than threatening it with serious bodily harm.
I am grateful that my body seems to work out when I need to be awake.
