Tuesday, 3/13

Geez—just how many people have to wake up THAT early?

Sunday, following the switch to Daylight Saving Time, I posted a little thing to Facebook similar to the blog I put up Friday—namely, that if we didn't have DST, the sun would rise before 5 am during summer months here in Marquette. I got a lot of reaction from people, most of whom were shocked that the sun would come up that early. But I was also amazed by the very sizable number of people who said they wouldn't care if the sun came up before 5 am.

Because they're already awake at that time.

Not only are they awake every day before 5 am but several of the people who answered said they're at work before 5 am. That blows my mind; not being a morning person, I always thought that five am might be a suitable time for actually going to bed. But to be up, awake, and at work before that time?

Inconceivable.

A couple of years ago Loraine gave me a coffee cup as a joke, a cup that says “It's hard for a night person to work days”, and trust me—it is. There's a reason I've never worked mornings in radio. My mind and my body just couldn't handle it. I don't know what it is, but I function as a much lower level than normal until about noon or so. I'm usually able to cover it up rather well, but I don't hit my peak until later in the day.

Which is why, I guess, I can't imagine actually being at work at 5 in the morning.

I realize that I may be a freak in this instance. It sure wouldn't be the first time. But as hard as it is for me to wake up that early I know that there are many people for whom it's a natural thing. There are many people who naturally wake up at the crack of dawn, if not before, all bright eyed, bushy-tailed, and ready to tackle the world. Those are the people who really could care less if the sun rose before 5 am. I guess I always knew that there were people like that.

I just didn't know there were so many of them.

So to those people who are up early and working while the rest of us are blissfully snoozing, good for you. Thanks for making sure the world is ready for the rest of us when we wake up. However, just because you're awake and really don't care doesn't mean that trhe rest of us want the sun to come up at five in the morning.

I'm just saying...

8-)

(jim@wmqt.com)