Nightingale or lark?

Which are you?

I’m definitely the nightingale, because I don’t really wake up until the evening. But that means I have a really hard time getting out of bed in the morning. It used to be exactly the opposite. As a kid, I was an absolute early bird and used to drive my parents crazy by being wide awake as early as 5 a.m. But I guess that’s no surprise when you’re always sent to bed after “The Sandman.” ;-)))

My husband is a lark—or as I always say, a “senile bed-fleeer” *laughs*.
He regularly falls asleep on the sofa after the evening news, but is up by 5:30 a.m. at the latest. Good for me—that way, he always takes Flocke out for the first walk, and I take her out for the last one. :-)

So my husband is a mix of a night owl and an early bird: late to bed and up early :-)

I even need an alarm clock to get me up at 8 a.m., but I’m often up until 2 a.m. Either I’m crocheting that long, or the book is just so exciting....

I’m definitely a lark. I’m out with the first rays of sunshine, no alarm clock needed. It’s always been that way for me, and my son is the same. Just like my father—it must be genetic.
My husband and my daughter are real sleepyheads; if they can, they sleep so long that by then 1–2 hours of the day have already passed for me.

But I love the early morning hours. Sitting on the balcony with the dog and enjoying the peace and quiet. Crocheting or just tinkering. My son keeps me company with his tablet or Nintendo. But lately, he’s also been grabbing his Harry Potter book and reading instead.

That’s why I don’t go to bed much earlier than my husband in the evening. We usually turn in between 10 and 11.
Although I have to admit, on the weekends I’ll sometimes sneak in an hour-long nap. Rarely, but it does happen.

I can’t take an afternoon nap. I have a really hard time falling asleep during the day. It takes me a very long time, and I have to be really tired for it to work. And when I do manage to doze off for an hour or so, I end up feeling even more groggy afterward than before. So I’d rather stay awake and try to get past that “slump” that way.

I’m also usually up well past midnight. Most of the time, I have to read until I get sleepy. Depending on how exciting the book is, that can take a while. ;-)

I guess that makes me a forced early bird…
I have to get up at 5 a.m. for the men in my family and go to bed around 11 p.m. I also like to lie down for another hour at noon.
On weekends, we usually get up between 8 and 9 a.m.

Definitely a morning person—I can’t imagine sleeping until noon.

I prefer to crochet a few more rows or rounds in the morning while everyone’s still asleep.

The early bird catches the worm.

Best regards,

Stefanie

I’m definitely a night owl, and I’ve been one ever since I was a baby: My mom says that every night, after everyone else had long since gone to bed and fallen asleep, she’d hear me playing with my rattle chain.
Now I do try to adapt to my surroundings and go to bed around 1 a.m., but it wouldn’t be a problem for me to go to sleep at 3 or 4 a.m. However, if I have to get up at 5 or 6 a.m., I don’t feel well at all.

I’m more of a night owl myself. I don’t go to bed early and I don’t get up early.
Getting up early isn’t really my thing, but I have to because of work.
I can’t fall asleep before 11:00 p.m.—I have to be really tired first. I lie awake for a long time until I fall asleep, and when I do, I’m awake again after 2–3 hours.
After work, my eyes start to close when I’m sitting on the bus.

The funny thing is, though, when I have the day off, I actually want to get up earlier so I can make the most of the day and pursue my hobby. It’s crazy, isn’t it?