early bird gets the worm
are you an early bird or a night owl? honestly, i have never usually been able to answer that question one way or the other. i’ve always liked to go to bed early, and i’ve always liked to sleep in. i guess i just really love my sleep. i definitely can’t function (or immediately get sick) if i get less sleep than i need.
i’ve gone through some transformation over the last year or so and i can officially call myself an early bird. but i don’t really like that fact. gracie consistently woke up at 7 am sharp for so long that i get up without an alarm whether i like it or not. but now with ava, i am up at 6:30 every morning, and i am disappointed to say that i have gotten used to that now.
being up that early could easily have it’s benefits…since i don’t have to leave for work until 8:30, and getting ready only take about 40 minutes, i have more than an hour to conquer the world! do i read? no. do i clean? no. do i take a morning walk? no. do i prep or get something laid out for dinner that night? no. do i do anything of merit or substance? no. i have absolutely no idea what i do all morning (yet i still find myself leaving not enough time to get ready and causing myself to rush in the last half hour). i have a glorious beautiful sunny hour to myself every morning to do whatever i needed and i piddle around and do nothing. my lack of activity frustrates me enough to write about it. (or complain, i guess)
i would say i wish i wasn’t an early bird. if wil’s not opening the following day, he’s up till at least midnight, while i doze off on the couch by 9 pm (10 pm if he’s lucky and the show we’re watching is exciting enough, 11pm if we are out or doing something). i guess i feel like, when i get home at 6, i have the entire night to do whatever…but because i wake up so early, i am so exhausted so early that my *decent* time with wil is cut short to 3 to 4 hours. so lame. (i tried having a cup of coffee a few nights ago at about 8…i still only lasted till 10)
i guess i want the impossible for myself. if i am going to keep getting up early (and it looks like i will because i don’t think ava’s going to grow out of her morning energy- now SHE’S the early bird…she’s jumping and running and wiggling at that hour), i wish i could accomplish something for myself that makes getting up that early worth it, but still be able to stay awake long enough in the evenings to really enjoy the night (*i HATE falling asleep on the couch, but i would HATE even more going to bed at 9 and not being with wil).
any tips?
