morning glory

I did something today that I have not done in a VERY long time...I got up before Mark, I got up before Jake, I got up...before the sun!!!!

When I was younger I was known as a morning person. My dad might tell you I didn't like to get up, but once I got up, I was good to go. I could, at one point in my college life, get up early and stay up late and never feel the negative affects.

When Mark and I were first married I remember offering to get up every morning to fix him a hot breakfast before he left for work. He quickly said that I could sleep in. He is NOT a morning person at all. So I began to stay up late with him and therefore, sleep in later in the morning. It is funny how that happens. How we begin to adjust to our spouses.

Now, almost 15 years later I am officially a night owl. I hate to think of going to bed (maybe that has something to do with the fact that I am a chronic insomniac now as well) and even more than that, I hate to think about getting up in the morning!

So why did I get up before the sun today? Well, in the process of taking sleep out of my life I have found that brain cells drain too. In other words I am far more forgetful than I used to be. So last night at 10pm I was watching one of my favorite shows-The Unit-when it hit me that today was a board meeting at work and I had forgotten to print all the monthly financial reports that were needed. I was too comfy and settled in on the couch to get back out at that point so I opted for doing it early. Board meetings are at 6:30am! Who planned that I don't know, but I want to thank that person for helping me watch the sunrise today.

Having enjoyed that wonderous site I will be taking kids to school and going home-to go back to bed! I will try to face the world again around 1pm! A much more reasonable time for breakfast!