2 posts tagged “morning person”
This morning, I don't go to work until 10. But, of course, I still woke up at the same old time. The good news is that led me to remembering that the rent was due pretty much last night by midnight. So I scrambled out of bed, dragged on some clothes, wrote the check, and ran down to the office to drop it off. It's mildly warm outside (at least, for someone coming out of the chill of winter), and I heard one or two birds chirping even before I went out. As I was walking back home, though, I realized...there are a lot of birds chirping. Including three big fat robins who just happen to be hanging out in my yard/tree, not to mention the bluejay and mourning dove that I saw. And all the other ones I could hear but not see.
I think it's safe to say that the weather's finally getting better for real. With winter, it jagged between cold and warm enough on so many days that it wasn't until January that we really got some bad weather, and I was afraid we were going to do the same in the transition to spring. And of course, it is kind of silly to automatically assume that robins = no more snow (I probably shouldn't add that the groundhog didn't see his shadow this year, either!), but I'm always an optimist when it comes to these things, and start looking forward to the day I can wear my light jacket instead of my winter one, and eventually, no jacket at all. And nothing, to me, makes that promise of better weather than a bunch of robins hopping around outside and making all kinds of noise as I'm getting ready in the morning.
Also, it's March First. So as far as all that lion/lamb business, I'm not sure what to say. It's quite lamb-like here at the moment, sure, but by the end of the day we're supposed to be having thunderstorms. Does that mean that our "lion" quotient is thus satisfied and by the end of the month, we'll be peacefully enjoying our newer, shinier, warmer weather? One can only hope.
Today I work a previously-unscheduled short shift because one of my co-workers called off yesterday and I made some offhand comment about how I would have come in if I wasn't already working. Somehow this led to me coming in today, which, money-wise is great. Hours have sucked lately and I'm always desperate to get more this time of year. And it is the first, which means I'll get my 30% discount today instead of the regular 20, and I did have a couple of things I wanted to get. It means that, since I'm working tomorrow, the dishes and housecleaning stuff won't get done until Saturday, but I suppose I can deal with that.
The sun's coming in the living room window, which is making it somewhat difficult to see, but I wanted to open the blinds so that the cat could enjoy the birds that I know she could hear out there. So maybe I'll get off of here and watch some TV or make some breakfast or something. I really am such a morning person, and this kind of morning is one of the best.
Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Morning person, beyond a shadow of a doubt. I can stay up late, from time to time, but it's a real effort. Unless I've done that, though, mornings are one of the easiest things in the world for me. When I was in junior high and high school, I perfected the art of sleeping as absolutely late as I could (which was usually five-thirtyish, given how early school started back then) and then getting ready and being up and out the door in five to ten minutes. This involved taking showers the night before, but I figure that way you go to bed clean, which is good.
In college, I would do much the same, though I added enough allowance to get up and check my regular battery of sites before heading out the door. So if I had an 8:30 class, I'd want to be out the door at 8:20 or so. I could get up at 8 no problem and make it in time 99% of the time. So, yeah. The instant my alarm goes off and I open my eyes, I'm wide awake.
My mom is just about the exact opposite. To get out the door by 6am, she would get up at 4:30, make herself several cups of tea, shower, and finally drag herself out barely on time. I don't know if it was because of her being this way, or just genetics that I was lucky and am able to wake up as quickly as I have to. Even now, we leave at 8:30, but I get up at 7:30 to be able to get on here, write my morning entry, and generally give Evan enough time to do more or less the same. I could sleep in later but it wouldn't give me the time I like to check websites and whatnot.
In other subjects, the drive down yesterday was fairly uneventful, though it rained pretty much the whole way. In fact, it just started raining again. Here's hoping it'll stop by noon, ugh. The wedding is at one, and we need to be there by 12:30, so as long as we can get out the door without getting soaked, I'll be happy. Of course I'll have my camera on hand to take plenty of pictures, hee.
Last night I had a very odd dining experience. We went to this place called K&W Cafeteria, which was dinner like I'd never had it before. It was very much like going through the lunch line at school or something, and very awkward for me. I was utterly self-conscious and 'please' and 'thank-you'ing all the staff to death. Once you collected your foods, you got a receipt for your party then went into the dining area. You unloaded your various plates and bowls and etcetera onto the table, and took the trays to a preordained dropping point. It was very, very strange, but the food was actually pretty decent. There were a lot of older people there, but I guess I can understand why.
The guy that my mother-in-law is marrying is nice enough, though he's a bit of the demonstrative sort. They seem to enjoy each others' company, though, which is a step in the right direction, eh? The ceremony's not any big thing, but it will be in the church where I'd have had mine had we still lived here, and there's a lunch after at the country club, and dinner later tonight at some Italian restaurant. Wish me luck with all the various family that I have yet to meet--Evan owes me big time in payback after what some of mine put him through when they first met him!
I suppose that's about all for now. The rain's already lighter but not stopping as far as I can tell.
Ta~
