Was I Wrong?
I’ve always thought of myself as a morning person, often getting up at 5:15 when I was working. But today I proved that I can sleep even later than my husband, rolling out of bed at 9:30. It only made sense because I had been up until 1:00 am last night writing TY notes to my High Holy Day chair persons, doing a little Blogging, just puttering. I got up at 7:00 to let the dog out, but easily went back to bed and slept for another couple of hours.
I felt somewhat guilty that I had missed the farmers’ market with my friend Kris. I felt even more guilty when I learned that she had driven family to the airport for a 7:00 am flight and gone to the market all before I got up.
Here it is 8:20 and we haven’t even eaten dinner yet, the day being skewed by about 2 hours. I’m not sure I like this late-night schedule, but it does allow me to see more of my husband. “No particular place to go” does mean that it really doesn’t matter when I go to bed, when I get up, if I take a nap, or whether I accomplish anything at all. It’s a nice feeling not to have to be accountable to anyone.
But I still think my best hours are in the early morning. Maybe I will drift back in that direction... some day soon.
posted by Barbara at 8:24 PM
7 Comments:
I envy the 9:30 ETD from bed. It sounds positively luxurious.
In general, I find my day is wasted if I get up late. And I get up late because I had a late night. I am more productive in the morning than afternoon. Of course, some people are not, a friend of mine is effectively unfunctional before noon. I can't understand it.
Having lazy days is good, it only becomes a problem when it becomes the norm.
I WORKED NIGHTS FOR SOOOO MANY YEARS IT HAS TAKEN ME 5 YEARS TO GET USED TO (excuse me) the A.M. Shift.
And my most productive hours for cleaning and laundry stilll seem to come after Midnight most weeks.
So many years of getting up at 6:00 a.m. and now I feel disgusted if I sleep in till 8:00. It's like half the day is over. But at least I don't panic and think I'm going to get fired because there is no one in my classroom! I still have that dream!
sleeping in can be such a luxury but you're right - you miss that day's sunrise and the early morning quiet hours. but you obvioulsy needed the sleep, so rise and shine early tomorrow ;)
Just enjoy!
There are way too many "shoulds" in our lives ...
Today it was 8:30. I'm moving in the right direction. 7:00 sounds just about perfect.
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