Night Owl

I am curious as to what makes an "early bird" and what makes a "night owl".  I am the latter, where my husband is the former.  He is ready for bed at 8:00 p.m.  every night.  I am usually just getting started by then.  If it were up to me, I would stay up until 2:00 a.m. and not wake until about 11:00 or 12:00 the next day.  Oh wait! It IS up to me, because that is exactly what I do (when I can)! No matter how early I go to bed, I DETEST any time before 10:00 a.m.  Catch me before then, and all you get in return is a grumble or two.  Maybe an eye roll.  Or a hiss.  I am NOT a morning person.  Even when I was little, I NEVER wanted to get up and watch early morning cartoons on Saturday.  Four year old Stefanie would get MAD if someone tried to wake me before I was ready.  Heck, I still do.  I have broken several alarm clocks...

But seriously, what makes a night owl?  I feel most productive after 9:00 p.m.  I have no clue why.  If I sat down and tried to work on my novel, I guarantee you that I would get a higher word count AND more carefully crafted phrases in the middle of the night than I would at, say, lunchtime.  It's like my brain doesn't turn on until the sun goes down.  

But some people can jump right out of bed with a smile on their face and a "good morning- no, GREAT morning" on their lips.  SOME people can wake up and be immediately alert and ready to grab the pick-axe and head off to the salt mines.  I am not one of those people.  

But I love to sleep.  People tease me about it, but I DON'T CARE.  It's fun.  I could sleep ALL day and not get tired of it (yes, I meant that pun. Yes, I am lame).  My excuse is that I have a very LARGE imagination, and my dreams are more interesting than any t.v. show or movie.  They make absolutely NO sense when I wake up, but while I am actually dreaming them, they are the intense and, well, awesome.  I wish there was some way to record a dream, even though I would probably be studied after showing it to someone.  (They get pretty weird.  I mean, REALLY weird).  I have the type of dreams that I like to think cats have.  You know, when you see a cat (or a dog, I'm an equal opportunist) twitching like they are running from something. Like that dream is so intense, their body moves along with whatever is happening to them in their sleep world.  You can probably find me twitching and sighing and mumbling and all sorts of other hilarious things pretty much every night.  

NIght owl or early bird, insomniac or comatose, everybody has their own sleeping and waking preferences.  Do you like sleep as much as I do, or do you prefer to be awake?  Are you a night owl, or an early bird?  Have any funny dream stories?  I'd love to hear them!  If you want to hear any of my crazy dreams (which happen multiple times every night) just ask, and I will be happy to share.  My brain is quite entertaining.

(Just for the record, my snoring, twitching cat inspired this post.  At 12:00 a.m., by the way.  O_O ME AWAKE!)