THE HOURS I KEEP

I have been called nuts with the hours I keep because most people I know have what is called normal hours. They get up for the most part about 6-8 each morning while I get up about 2:30-3 every morning. They go to bed about 10-11 each night while I go to bed about 8-9 every night. So if you want to know what happened on Gray’s Anatomy don’t ask me, I have never seen the show because I was in bed. True I may be nuts for keeping the hours I do but to be honest, I really like it.

I am up in the morning pretty much before most people and I get to enjoy the pure peace and quite. I have time to do whatever I want before I have to start working at 8. I have no distractions and I get to have coffee all by myself, and catch up with emails and do whatever I want on the computer without being asked if someone else can get on. To say I love my time alone would be an understatement. I really enjoy the peace and the time to get myself together before the day fully starts. Right now the only thing I can hear is the hum of the computer and my fingers tapping on the keyboard, oh what a joy it is.

For most of the people I know they get up at the last minute and make a mad dash to get ready for work without time to just sit and relax before they start the hard grind of the day. They for the most part have to start their day at full speed and don’t get a change to stop until they get home and even then they are at full speed for a few more hours. In a way I feel sorry for them and the hours they keep because they really don’t get the chance to start the day off right. They don’t get the chance to get their mind and body off to the right start. All they do is go, go, go from the time they get up til almost the time they go to bed. It is only the weekends that they can get a chance to recoup themselves from the week. What kind of life is that?

I often get teased because at night I have to struggle to keep my eyes open to stay up. There are many times about 7 o’clock I am at battle with myself to stay awake. The joke in my family about me is not to worry about what mom is watching on TV we will be able to watch what we want because she will be passed out soon. True I may be but I get the joy of getting up in the morning and having the house pretty much to myself and I would rather have that then an evening of prime-time TV. So my question is who is nuts here for the hours they keep? I get up with no problem, while my family and people I know struggle to get up after hitting the snooze button a few times and leave for the day looking like something the cat dragged in or the walking dead. In the end I think I will keep my hours because for me they work out just find for me and you can bet if any stores has any early bird specials for the upcoming holidays I will have no problem making them. Just look for me in line waiting for the doors to open, I will be the only one that is actually awake.