I’m a night owl - always have been.  Occasionally I will go to bed early if I’m really tired, but usually it’s hard for me to settle down and sleep until at least 11:00 PM or later.  When I lived by myself, it was much much later.  I regularly stayed up till one, two or three in the morning.  I’d take a nap here and there to make up the sleep.Now that I’m married, I try to get to bed by 10:30 or 11:00.  RT is a morning person.  He could go to bed by 8:00 every single night and be happy.  I think he just needs more sleep than I do.  He gets up earlier, but not that much earlier than I do.

I think being a night owl or a morning person is something you’re born with.  My six-year old grandgirl, Sweet Stuff, is definitely a night owl.  I identify with her struggles to get up and ready for school early each morning, and her reluctance to settle down and go to sleep each evening.  Sunshine, my four-year-old grandgirl is a morning person.  If she’s not in bed early each night, she has a meltdown.  But then she’s up bright and early each morning - a smile on her face and an eagerness to start the day.  It’s always interesting when they spend the night with us.  Around 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning, Sunshine wakes up and crawls into bed with me and cuddles - but only for a few minutes.  She’s ready for breakfast RIGHT THEN!  No delay.  Sweet Stuff will sleep till 8 or 9 - and then wants to take a little time to wake up before she eats anything.

I love Saturday and Sunday mornings.  They’re the days of the week that I can usually wake up the way I like to wake up.  I get up, pad around the house in my pajamas and slippers, sip a cup of coffee, fix a luxurious breakfast and just enjoy a slow awakening to the day.  I’m already looking forward to tomorrow morning.

I’ve learned over the years to appreciate these differences more.  RT has a different body clock than I do - and that’s fine.  Each person is simply doing what their body tells them to do.

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