Just like the old days

[susandennis]

For years I got up very early to be at the pool at 5 am when they opened and swam for an hour. I'd get home by 6:30 and start my day. Most of the year, daylight does not begin here until after 6:15.

When first the pandemic and then the broken bridge killed my swimming I started sleeping in. I'd forgotten the lovely of early morning.

I love the morning dark. For some weird reason it is just comforting like soft clothes.

This morning I woke up about 2:30 and dozed but never really went back to sleep. By 3:30, I was really awake and debating whether I should still lie there or just get up. I took a vote and got up. I did my treadmill. I got coffee. I internetted and here we are at 6:30 and it's still wonderfully dark out. The ac is off and the door is open. I'd forgotten how loud the garbage collectors are but they are gone now and it's quiet. Biggie is a little confused but since the birds are still asleep, he's sacked out on the couch.

Missing a few hours of sleep will not kill me. If I get sleepy, I'll go sleep. If not, maybe I'll go to be early and watch the rest of the baseball game tomorrow morning. It's really lovely to have options. And I really appreciate each and every one.

I might bake a cake today. A mini cake. A one layer 6" spice cake. Maybe.

Comments

[terri gordon (from livejournal.com)]

I totally get the feeling of quiet comfort in the early AM hours. When the pandemic first began I would stay up very late because the late night hours when no one was out on the street comforted me. It was only after first light when people started venturing out on the street that I started to feel the stress, knowing each and every one of the people out there could potentially pass that virus on to each other, and was doing no one any good.
I got up myself at 4.30am since I couldn’t sleep and had an Amazon Fresh order being delivered right after 6am. May teke a snooze sometime this AM yet.

[sherlock999.livejournal.com]

Are you hard-wired to be a morning person? Like life-long? I'm apparently a night person-- I rarely leave work before 7 PM, and I have to really work at it to manage to go to sleep by 11 pm. And I really, really don't like getting up early, because apparently I'm supposed to dream during those hours. I CAN get up at 6:00, but I sure don't like to. And even if I get up early, it makes me much happier to sit with coffee for at least an hour after waking!

[susandennis]

I've never been able to stay up late and always enjoyed mornings.

[susandennis]

Actually, I've thought about this some more and I think the term 'hard-wired' when it applies to behavior bugs me. It robs me of my free will to learn behavior. I prefer mornings for being awake and nights for being asleep but I sure could change that if I wanted to.

I think I prefer not being hard wired :)

[sherlock999.livejournal.com]

I get it-- Sorry about that! I usually refer to myself as hard-wired for evening activity, because even if I get up early for work, I'm just so much more effective at night. I'm glad I work in a field now where I can set my own hours.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Nice.