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February 27, 2007
Lucky Caller #1
Creative Commons photo credit to Gabriel Passarelli
Laurie made the mistake of calling me before 10 AM today, and I launched into a litany of things that were pissing me off, namely:
1. Fred discovered how to break into his food container.
2. I had to OH THE HORROR do an assignment outside of class.
3. I was awake.
So, um, sorry Laurie! Please do not be afraid to ever call me again.
It wasn't so bad when I was working -- I quickly found that it was not workplace-appropriate to hate the entire world and ESPECIALLY You Who Is Calling Me Prior To 11. Somehow, I shudder to think of it now, I even managed to give bi-weekly presentations on strategic goals and shit to SVPs at 8:30 in the morning. IN THE MORNING. AM. Ante Meridiem (I just looked that up for emphasis).
But now that I'm back in school, I've returned to my nocturnal ways. I'm lucky The Boy is also a sleeper, but even he can incur my morning wrath sometimes. One morning last semester, that poor man made the mistake of asking me to shower before him, the heathen, and I was so overwhelmed with irrational anger that I didn't speak to him the entire way to school. It took me 3/4 of Copyright class until I realized why I was mad and got really, really embarrassed.
Believe it or not, I'm a generational improvement over my father. He's a retired surgeon, so he was on call a lot. And I've heard from many an ER nurse that for any pre-9 AM call, they would hope against hope that my mother would answer, so that she could gently coax him out of sleep before they had to present him with the news that a trip out of bed and into the hospital was in order.
[Please note that this chart is made out of love, and not actually representative of real home life.]
Even to this day, I know any early morning call home is risky. Will I get pleased-to-hear-from-his-eldest Dad or what-sane-person-is-up-this-early Dad?
I wish I knew why, aside from parentage, I had so much difficulty in the morning, and I wish I didn't. Life would start so much earlier. And less grumpier. And THAT would be better for everyone.
Especially for lucky caller #1.
Posted by jen at February 27, 2007 09:24 PM
Comments
I love the chart. I don't like to talk for at least the first 30 minutes I'm awake, but I don't mind getting up early.
Posted by: Kaitie Tee at February 28, 2007 06:12 AM
At least your father is similar and can understand your ways. My dad? He's always been an early riser, getting up sometime between 4 and 5. Sleeping in for him means sleeping until 8.
And I feel your pain in Fred discovering how to get into his food container. I don't think I'll have to worry about it because Boris seems to be too dumb.
Posted by: Dagny at February 28, 2007 06:53 AM
I am the same way, although I try to disguise this fact at work. My mom was not a morning person either, and she used to drive us to school in her pajamas. But my husband grew up on a farm, and he cannot understand why I must sleep in. When I tell him I can't get up any earlier than I already do, his response is, "Just get up!" Aaargh.
Love the chart.
Posted by: -R- at February 28, 2007 07:04 AM
dude i totally could have written this post about me and my dad. i don't dare call home before 10 or 11 am in case he's still sleeping and my mom is too far away to pick the phone up right away! :)
Posted by: carolyn at February 28, 2007 08:31 AM
My family gets up so early I'm not sure they ever go to bed.
Posted by: laurie at February 28, 2007 10:46 AM
HAH! and now everytime you yell at me in the morning for not talking, i will reference this post!
Posted by: Penny at February 28, 2007 11:03 AM
*I* am not what anyone in their right mind would call a Morning Person. It's genetic. My mother is incapable of speech until she has finished her 2nd mug o' coffee, but I have never been able to drink coffee. Blech. I'm a Co'cola girl at heart. My grandfather, also a surgeon, was always up at 5 AM. And then he retired and suddenly began sleeping until 10 AM. The only reason he would wake at 10 was to watch "Bonanza" reruns.
I have a friend who thinks it is acceptable to call at 9 AM on Sunday mornings. I've learned to turn the phone ringers off. :)
Posted by: Susannah at March 2, 2007 11:35 AM