Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Mornings Are Beautiful but I Want to Sleep

I'm not a morning person. What about you? It's not that I'm grumpy. I just like to sleep in. When I do get up early, I find I'm very productive and usually have no regrets. Despite knowing that, I still like to sleep.
On the weekdays, I get up at 5:45. Often I'm awake earlier thanks to a certain cat who thinks just me (not anyone else in the house) needs to be up.
Our schedule has changed a little. I use to have some leisure time to get ready. Now the kids have to be out of the house earlier. I didn't find much joy in the feline wake-up call at about 5:15 this morning. However I did notice a beautiful moon when taking the trash out:
Morning Moon

When my daughter and I left, she remarked the clouds looked like mountains:
Mountain Clouds

9 comments:

Allison said...

OOOh the clouds DO look like Mountains. Very pretty. I don't like early at all. Usually at the end of the day of being up early, iIm happy I was productive, but it takes that long for me to see it.

Nancy said...

They do look like mountains.
Both shots are nice.

I set my alarm for 5:45 and Quinn sets his for 5:30 ... dang dog, every morning!

Sunshine said...

I'm morally opposed to mornings.

I'm just a night owl, married to a morning person. In a perfect world, I wouldn't roll out of bed until 9AM (but that's with staying up til 1ish) but with kids, it's 6:30 or all hell breaks loose.

When they all move away, I'm reclaiming my mornings for slumber.

Beth said...

Oh girl....I am SOOOO not a morning person!!! The alarm goes off at 6:30am...get the kids off to school and it is back to bed!!! YAY!!!

great pictures too!

Jessica Maceda said...

I envy those beautiful sunrise shots from those talented flickr folks.....it is a very rare occasion that I will be one of those people, I enjoy sleeping in but I hate going to bed early!!

Mary Alice said...

Pretty shots. No, I really am not a fan of waking up at 5 - but I've had to do it for so long now, I'm not sure what my body would do naturally anymore.

Dorky Dad said...

I wish I was a morning person, but I just can't do it. No matter how hard I try. I just can't. Love me that sleep.

Eileen said...

I am not a morning person by nature, only by needing a paycheck. I have had the same job since 1985, and have been getting up at 5:45 am on weekdays ever since. On weekends, I totally sleep is, as late as I can. My friend in High School once said to me, "most people look so rested in the morning, you look awful." That is still the case. No matter how many hours of sleep I get, I wake up looking like I need another 12.
So no, I am not a morning person, even after all these years.

I love your pictures. I also love the sights I see in the morning, when nature is waking up. I need to bring my camera with me, when I head out the door.

XOXOX

JMom said...

your photographs are awesome! I am sooo jealous of that camera :)

although the great photos are probably due to the photographer rather than the camera.

JMom