I'm a Morning Person

I'm a morning person. What that means is that I have a ton of energy first thing in the morning. Even if I'm dead tired for lack of sleep the night before, for some reason I wake up and am ready for anything.

Up Side:
1. Rarely wake up late.
2. If I need to be up early for something, I'm not a grouch
3. Really easy to wake me up in the morning
4. I get to watch the news and KNOW what's going on.

Down Side:
1. Not very many other people are morning people.. This means that my "perky-ness" tends to annoy people in the morning.
2. Morning person does not equal Night person.. i tend to fall asleep a lot earlier than I want
3. I wake up early on my days off.

Focusing on Number 3. I was talking to my dad about this one. He says "Why would you want to sleep in on your day off? If you sleep in you're wasting your day." (I have a feeling I became a morning person because of my dad). I think that's true. If you only get 2 days off in the week, why would you waste your time sleeping through it? Especially since during the other 5 days in the week you're working and therefore don't get to see the sun. Days off should be used to get those sun rays. After all, sunlight gives you vitamins right?

Don't get me wrong, I value sleep a lot. I just tend to sleep in the middle of the day and at night. If I could sleep at work without getting fired, I would do it everyday. That way I don't end up doing that weird head nod thing trying to keep myself awake. If you haven't seen the sleepy head nod, you're missing out. =)

So to all the morning people out there, you are NOT alone.