All of the sudden I shot up out of bed, wondering why the alarm hadn’t gone off. Eyes wide open, heart pounding, I reach for my clock, only to find that it is a good hour away from the alarm going off. I sit there on the bed and decide that as long as I am awake I may as well get the day started. So I check Twitter, my email, and read over my favorite blogs. Then shower, dress and head into work. I was the last one out last night and I get to be the first one in office this morning.
As I was getting ready I was thinking about some things (not all work related) like:1) Being in South Dakota and waking up to the dawn. I was reading a book about a Japanese airman’s account of the Midway Battle during WWII and remember that he wrote about leaving the carrier on some mission and being able to do so at something like 3am with the help of the dawn. At the time I read that I couldn’t imagine that as I had never seen the light of dawn arrive any earlier than 5am, maybe 4:30am. On this morning, though, I awoke to the dawn and was thinking how much I was enjoying my vacation and maybe start looking for a little breakfast. It was when I took a quick look at my watch that I suddenly realized I was still about 4 or 5 hours away as it was only 2:30am! That just blew me away! So THIS is what that writer was talking about! Turned out to be a very long day as I never did go back to sleep. Just continued to enjoy the slow approach of the day.
AND at the same time:
2) So what is it anyway, am I a night owl or early morning person? I have to admit that I don’t get up early as much as I should and how peaceful it is in the early morning hours when no one else is up and about. Then again, I do love staying up late at night as I do some great thinking then too. Personally, if I didn’t have to sleep at all then I would be able to enjoy the best of both worlds. I also wouldn’t have to worry about what I was missing while I was asleep!
So that is how today has started. Going to be a long one though as there are a ton of things that I need to do today. I already know not all of it is going to be completed but I am going to get as close as I can.
HAPPY HAPPY TUESDAY!!!
