Friday, November 05, 2010

Do you wanna hear about my mornings?

Today, I thought I’d share a little bit about how I wake up every morning and greet the world on a work day.

Now I can’t exactly say I’m an I-hate-the-morning-type-person, nor do I wake up feeling like Attila the Hun. But I’m one of those people who needs to wake up slowly and with as little to do to get myself ready for work, so I prepare everything at night, thus not having to contend with it in the morning.

All my clothes are selected and ironed. My shoes are polished. My bag that I take to work with me everyday (filled with supplies) is sitting by the front door, stocked, and ready to go. Even my French press coffee maker is readily-positioned in the kitchen with my coffee cup and spoon, so that all I have to do is throw in the coffee grinds and boil the water.

I don’t want to have to THINK about anything in the morning, because my brain feels like a foggy sunrise on Shutter Island.

Luckily, I’m not required to be at work until early afternoon, so I enjoy staying up until usually 1 a.m., and arising at 9 a.m.

But even still, I can’t just pop out of bed - I like to move gradually. And I need at least two hours to be able to SPEAK to anyone.

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Example:

This past Monday morning, I had to go down to my apartment managers office to talk to her about something, and when I walked into her office and opened my mouth to speak, I sounded like I had just smoked the most killer Colombian grass - I could barely form sentences that made any sense whatsoever. I finally had to say to her, “I’m sorry, I know I sound like Janis Joplin, but I just woke up about 20 minutes ago.”

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The only things I want to do first thing in the morning are have my cup of coffee and cereal, stretch my body, and then quietly read emails and maybe visit a few blogs.

Then I shave, shower, eat something light, and am out the door by 12:30 to be at work at 1:00.

I enjoy the fact that my job doesn’t required me to go into work really early, because my physical energy and mental capacity gradually escalate throughout the day. I actually get more energized as the day moves on, so by evening I’m RARING to go when most people are winding down.

So, here’s a tip if you ever come to visit me and spend the night, or I come to visit you and spend the night….

…..don’t talk to me until the following night.

Or at least until I’ve had my coffee.

Wishing you fabulous mornings this weekend everyone!

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