Tuesday, April 28, 2015

April 28: Writing Prompt #118-Your Time to Shine

Early bird, or night owl?
Another easy one for me, a night owl, sure. Funny thing is, my current position requires me to be at work at 5:45 am, which means I am up every day between 4-4:30 am to get ready and start my commute to work by 5:10 or so.  Even with that, if I am smart, I get to bed between 7-8 pm, but lately, it’s been more like between 9-10 pm.  I just can’t help it. I’m not ready for bed that early. Problem with this is…by Friday, I am exhausted. So, I catch up on Saturday and Sunday and then start my weekday sleep deprivation routine over again Sunday night.  Oh well. Bottom line is, I can adapt and get up early when I need to, but I really prefer to sleep in (which means 6:30-7 am), then get up and take my time with the morning.
When the boys were little, they would ALWAYS come into my room and stand by my side of the bed until I woke up. I would often pull them into bed with me or have them go in the living room with some toys or cartoons and tell them to just give me until 7. I would say, “I’m not getting up until 7, okay?” Funny thing is, that has kind of stuck with me.  I usually wake up (when I’m not required to get up earlier) before 7, and then say to myself … “I’m not getting up until 7.” 

Final story about my night owl ways…my boss at “The Mole Hole,” a collectables shop at the mall where I worked when I was in college, had been scheduling me for opening shifts and noticed I became a better saleswomen later in the day, so she told me, “You’re better in the evenings, so I’m going to have you come in later and close with me.” And that’s what I did from then on until I left my job there to move to Kwajalein.

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