Early.
Which is something that I pretty much never am!
My Grandpa used to ask incredulously ”There’s another 6 o’clock?” He began his day by waking around 9 and relaxing in bed (at least by the time I was on the scene), then rising at 10 am for a leisurely breakfast with the paper.
I think he had it just right. I detest mornings. I hate being woken up early – ooh am I instantly grouchy! I hate having to leave my house early. Actually, maybe it is not mornings I detest, it is having to be somewhere by a certain time in the morning. Not a good thing for a person who works!
My abhorrence for early mornings has led me to staunchly refuse opening shifts if they proceed 8 am. Even 8 am is an issue for me. I am traditionally 5-15 minutes late for work – well…for most events. (sorry Heidi) I figure – why be early? You’re just going to have to wait – or worse: make small talk.
Unless it is a big event (like boarding a cruise ship, going to the theatre/concert) or a ferry I would rather arrive just on time than be early.
I have to share the 3 exceptions to the early morning thing.
1) I love, love, love waking up in a tent – and generally I wake up early when I camp. I am content, I am at peace, I am smiling when I wake up in my tent. Maybe because there is no schedule when you camp. (Unless you are camping with 15 children who want to actually eat breakfast at 7:45 am — ugh)
2) I am excited to wake up with the sun in Spring and very early Summer. I can barely wait to get out in my garden and see what has grown overnight. I love to spend an hour or more in the yard before I go to work. Honestly, this does fizzle out around mid-June.
3) Waking up to the quiet of a world blanketed in snow. Then I like to be up before anyone else so the snow is track free.
I used to worry about this issue I have in case I ever become a Mom, but if this wonder woman can stay in bed until 8…so can I! I have heard of people who walk their dogs at 6 am?!? I figure if Kira can be trained to sleep in, why can’t children? 
Naive aren’t I?
btw: Nope, I can’t knit in my sleep. Though I can fall asleep while knitting!
You need to work from home so that you can get going at your own pace… funny, I am exactly the same way as you about waking up to sunshine, tent canvas, and especially snow – it’s almost decadent to be the first to put your mark in a fresh white blanket of the stuff…
I AM an early riser- the only one in this house!!!! My husband likes to get up “at the crack of noon”, Annie, on weekends, is usually up by 9:30, and Bear? Well, if he has someone to snuggle him, he’ll stay in bed all day! (hmmm-I wonder if Kira wants to be snuggled by a big giant Bear?)(sweet pic of her, by the way)
haha!!! we havn’t missed a movie or a play yet! or maybe it would have been better to miss a play or two….
Little Women (cast no younger than 45……)
Secret Garden (dying “boy” middle aged, pot bellied man saying, “oh why can’t I run and skip about like the other little boys?”
lest we forget the demon barber of fleet…..street.
yeah, michelle, those were plays we SHOULD have been late to!!
It’s about time that bunny got it right where it needed it!!!! In the kisser!