Hmm...I always think of myself as a morning person, but I agree with sarameg that Kat might be an extreme morning person. I am happy to get up at 5am, but that's about the earliest. Anything before counts as the middle of the night.
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Stephanie - Apr 20, 2007 5:44:44 am PDT #3596 of 10001
Trust my rage
Sophia Brooks - Apr 20, 2007 5:51:28 am PDT #3597 of 10001
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What time do you go to bed, Kat? I, too used to think I was a morning person, but I don't really like to be places before 6 AM, although I can and do often get up at 4:30 AM.
The weeks I do theatre really put me off, though, as we often stop working at about 1 AM, and so to bed around 3 AM. I can usually still get up at 8 AM, but it just about kills me. The week or so after, I cannot get up early
Sue - Apr 20, 2007 5:51:55 am PDT #3598 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I think I speak for all non-morning people when I say "There's a 5 *AM*???"
Seriously. It's so alien to me to wake up a second earlier that you absolutely have to that I used to think that morning people were all totally crazy. And I mean that in the most sincere, mentally ill sense of the word.
It probably also didn't help that I had a roommate who was a morning person and also pretty crazy, which helped me equate the two.
amych - Apr 20, 2007 5:52:14 am PDT #3599 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I am happy to get up at 5am
These are all English words and yet...
... no, wait. I'm still doubting the "5am" of which you speak.
bon bon - Apr 20, 2007 5:52:20 am PDT #3600 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Oh, you guys, I checked out on the couch at around 9 and was in bed at 10. Woke up at 8! It was awse!
Topic!Cindy - Apr 20, 2007 5:52:56 am PDT #3601 of 10001
What is even happening?
I used to be a night owl, but having kids turned me into a morning person. Now, if I wake up any time after 4:30am or so, I stay up (although 5:30am is probably my platonic ideal morning time). It's so nice to be up in the quiet of the morning.
Vortex - Apr 20, 2007 5:52:57 am PDT #3602 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
When I was consulting, I found that my perfect cicadian rhythym was bed at 2AM, up at 10AM. i was so damn productive, went to the gym most days, etc. that's fully half of the reason that i want the job I've applied for, I'll have a flexible schedule.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2007 5:54:19 am PDT #3603 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd be a morning person if I could convince myself to be less of a night owl. So far my need for afternoon naps has not been well accommodated in the waking working world. But I think that might fix everything.
I'm up now on pretty little sleep, and don't feel awful (well, other than the cold). I've also decided to delay one of my medications until evening to see if that lets me be any more alert in the morning.
shrift - Apr 20, 2007 5:58:22 am PDT #3604 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Morning people freak me out, man. My normal circadian rhythm is more like sleeping from 4am-noon. When you combine low blood sugar with allergies and sleep deprivation, I think you can see why I want to destroy the world every time I wake up in the morning.
Kat - Apr 20, 2007 6:01:31 am PDT #3605 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
What time do you go to bed, Kat?
Anywhere between 9:00 and 11:00. Yesterday I fell asleep at 11:00 PM, woke at 1:00 AM to pump back to sleep at 1:30 AM, up at 4:00 AM.
I am totally a morning person but I am worried that Noah and Grace both seem most active and awake, at least in the NICU, at 9:00 PM. Really, in addition to healing my kids, I'd be even more grateful and loving and appreciative if only the nursing staff could train them to sleep at night.