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Thread: Larkiness
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Ariel
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After reading the Owls thread in All Saints, ISTM we could do with, not quite a support group for larks but one where we can cheerfully enjoy larkiness.
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From Boogie on that All Saints Thread:
I once shared a room with a lark, it was a joy - we happily twittered together at 6am and were having an early morning stroll down the beach at 7am, followed by coffee + more chat - marvellous.
Early can be great when it's a choice. I quite enjoy seeing the dawn come up over a still, largely silent world, just the odd puff of smoke from a chimney or solitary lighted window in a row of dark ones, the occasional car passing by, and the first dawn chorus getting going.
I enjoy being one of the first people out to the Saturday market when everything seems fresh and new and before the world has properly got going.
I particularly like being early to the local coffee shop, when they play classical music quietly (later this will change to pop), the pastries are still warm from the oven, and there's a real choice of seats. You can sit, relax, sip the coffee and watch the world start to wake up and pass by the window - and there's still time to do everything.
Getting the shopping finished by about 8.30 is also a great feeling. The rest of the day is your own.
Anyone else enjoy early?
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cliffdweller
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I can't figure out if I'm a lark or an owl. As I've gotten older, I naturally wake up earlier and earlier. So now I usually wake up sometime between 5 and 6 am (it's 6 am here now). But unless there is something really pressing to get to, I like to take the first few hours very slowly. I watch a little TV or goof around on the Ship, drink my coffee, take a long warm bath. Very slow starting. By 9 or 10 am I'm starting to really engage, and by 10 or 11 am I'm at full productivity mode, which for me is something like a cyclone of activity. I can really put on the steam and get a lot done from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. After dinner I'm pretty much down for the count, retreat to the bedroom and basically do the reverse of morning: putter around, watch a bit of TV or goof off on the 'net, get into bed and gradually wind down and drift off to sleep, fully asleep by about 10 pm.
Which doesn't sound like either a lark or an owl. What's the mid-day spirit animal?
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Diomedes
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Another Lark here - I really enjoy having breakfast alone, reading the papers, doing the crosswords and sudokus all before anyone else is out of bed. I'm certainly at whatever is my intellectual best in the mornings. When I was working as a teacher, then as a head teacher I used to find it really hard to get enthusiastic about afternoon/evening meetings. Like others though, I'm married (40 years and counting) to an Owl.
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Boogie
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Hurrah!
A thread for those who like to tweet in the mornings! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
(No, I'm not on twitter)
I love the dawn light and usually wake up at dawn whatever time that is, as soon as I wake I open the curtains wide. If it's before six I listen to the radio 'till 6 in case I need more sleep, occasionally I'll drift off again until 6am.
I'm retired now and my 'work' day starts at 9am - but I love the 3 hours before that just pottering in a nice, relaxed routine.
Bliss!
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Sioni Sais
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I'm not a lark in Britain but in warmer climes I have no problem getting up early even for work.
I'm the one who makes the morning trip to the bakers on holiday and years ago I had no trouble getting up for school provided this was overseas. And school started at eight with a 45 minute bus ride! I'd happily walk to the rowing club first thing too.
Back in Britain however, even when the weather is good, forget it. I'm a slugabed.
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Originally posted by Ariel:
I enjoy being one of the first people out to the Saturday market when everything seems fresh and new and before the world has properly got going.
We had about 15 cm (6") of snow overnight. Big, big flakes were still softly falling at 6 a.m., about -8°C, no wind, beautiful. Doggy and I went out as usual and she chased the rabbit which sits in the park waiting for us about half the mornings. The deer have moved along by this time of year, but we often see them in the mornings.
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jedijudy
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Another Lark reporting in! Most mornings I wake before my alarm goes off. (5:00-6:00, depending on the schedule for the day.)
Early to rise, even if I'm not healthy, wealthy or wise, gives me a chance to pet Mama Cat when I take her food out to her, look at the stars or the sunrise, or both. The birds' good morning song is a delight and something I really enjoy!
Of course, the flip side is that bedtime is earlier than that of many of my friends, so no partying for me.!
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Firenze
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I have larkoid tendencies. Like Ariel, I enjoy the quiet part of the day: catching that brief efflorescence of dawn before the mundane light of day.
But the larkitude doesn't extend to activity. I am entirely capable of mooching about until 9 or 10 before getting officially Up for the day.
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M.
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I'm rather lark-y too and get up early (5.40) so I can have time to do stuff before work. Wake up early at weekends but am quite happy to sit with a drink and SoF or sudoku or book - as with Firenze, being awake doesn't always extend to activity!
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Ariel
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In the very early morning I've been known to get straight into a stack of washing up from the night before, tidying up or vigorously cleaning the sink, or something. Not always but enough to worry myself.
Brain power, on the other hand, is something else and I can't cope with sudoku, language courses, conversation, or heavy reading on the 6.20am morning commute. Those are evening commute activities. The Metro (free paper, fine if you skip all the rubbish about celebs) is about right for that time of day as is listening to the radio.
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Firenze
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I seem to have this thing that housework done while in night attire doesn't really count. I frequently unload/load the dishwasher, wash pans and do laundry before getting dressed. Possibly the most extreme example was some years ago when I decided to take down a wall-mounted kitchen cupboard - crawling around over a sink, with a screwdriver, in your nightie, is not something I'd recommend.
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blackbeard
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On a boat, for some reason I seem to be happy with the morning (0400 - 0800) watch. Good for seeing a lot of sunrises. Lark, or maybe some type of gull?
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Twilight
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It's 7:50 here. I've been up since 5:30, minced some boiled chicken for the cat and gave him his insulin shot, scooped the cat litter, fed the dog, gathered up all the trash put it in the bin and wheeled it to the curb. Stripped one bed and started a load of laundry. Unloaded the dishwasher, and cooked another batch of chicken tenders for the pets. Brushed the upholstery, dusted the furniture, windexed the knick knacks and swiffered the kitchen floor.
Then I sat down, here at the computer with my coffee and began with the daily devotional site I read in the mornings, lately including the hateful daily quiz as a Lenten punishment. Once the family is up I'll vacuum. I'm usually done with all chores by nine or ten at the latest.
My only wish is that I could cook dinner in the morning and keep it warm until the evening. What's easy and fun for me now will be a tremendous physical and mental chore after noon.
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Caissa
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I am a lark. The alarm goes off before 6 every morning. Whe we sleep in on the weekend the radio is turned on at 6:50. I love the mornings and I am my most productive at that time of the day. I teach a university course at 830 in the fall term. I think I enjoy it more than my students do. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Twilight:
My only wish is that I could cook dinner in the morning and keep it warm until the evening. What's easy and fun for me now will be a tremendous physical and mental chore after noon.
It's just dawned on me this may be why I hate cooking in the evenings and the washing up usually gets postponed until daytime. I have, on the other hand, sometimes been known to cook lunch in the very early morning to take to work.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Twilight:
... My only wish is that I could cook dinner in the morning and keep it warm until the evening ...
Depending on what you want for dinner, a slow-cooker may be the answer - set it going in the morning and you'll have a lovely fragrant house and a casserole by the evening.
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Twilight
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Mmmm fragrant house. The dog and I love that idea.
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Boogie
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quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
My only wish is that I could cook dinner in the morning and keep it warm until the evening. What's easy and fun for me now will be a tremendous physical and mental chore after noon.
I rarely cook, OH does 99% of the cooking. But, on the rare occasions I do, I use the slow cooker and put it on early in the morning. Brown the meat really well and use plenty of spices - can't go wrong.
I do wash up (well, load the dishwasher) after the evening meal - but I find it very hard going and I have to really force myself. I work on Fridays so then I leave it all and do it Saturday morning.
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Nenya
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Being married to an owl, and also having to adapt to how most people live their lives (having you round to meals at 8pm, starting meetings at that time, etc) has forced a certain level of owlishness upon me, but left to myself I'm a total lark. If Mr Nen's away or I'm on retreat I'm usually in bed by 9.30pm and awake by 5.30am. I love the quietness and freshness of that time in the morning. I undertake chores with energy and enthusiasm and it's the best time for thinking and reading. In the summer it's wonderful to be outside at that time too.
Nen - next retreat in June... seems a long time away...
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Boogie
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Both my dogs are Larkadors too - they don't wake up before me, but are full of bounce as soon as I wake them up. And they are both in deep snooze by 9pm at the latest.
They are far,far better company than Mr Boogs in the mornings! I'd rather have no company than his 'mnerhumphs' which have to suffice as answers any time before 11am!
I wonder why so many larks have owls as partners?
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ThunderBunk
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Can I borrow some larkitude please? Need some, and my owl, or even just plain dormouse, tendencies are really asserting themselves...
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cliffdweller
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by Twilight:
... My only wish is that I could cook dinner in the morning and keep it warm until the evening ...
Depending on what you want for dinner, a slow-cooker may be the answer - set it going in the morning and you'll have a lovely fragrant house and a casserole by the evening.
I've had particularly good luck both taste and aroma-wise with stews done in the slow cooker. After a long day at work, there's nothing better to come home to.
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Originally posted by Boogie:
Both my dogs are Larkadors too - they don't wake up before me, but are full of bounce as soon as I wake them up. And they are both in deep snooze by 9pm at the latest.
They are far,far better company than Mr Boogs in the mornings! I'd rather have no company than his 'mnerhumphs' which have to suffice as answers any time before 11am!
I wonder why so many larks have owls as partners?
Because Larks are disproportionately female, and Owls disproportionately male. There just aren't enough larky men to go around.
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Boogie
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
Because Larks are disproportionately female, and Owls disproportionately male. There just aren't enough larky men to go around.
Humph - should have been gay, more choice of larkish partners!
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
Because Larks are disproportionately female, and Owls disproportionately male. There just aren't enough larky men to go around.
Hmmm....
Postmen, milkmen, farmers, train drivers, night shift workers, men who work in factories, bus drivers, police, bakers, cooks, hotel workers, male nurses, teachers, market workers, lorry drivers and delivery men, coffee shop staff, fishermen, construction workers, emergency repairmen, and those annoyingly perky presenters on the radio...
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My youngest cat, a partially disabled female, loves to sing to all the birds in the morning.
She can't jump more than a few inches high so she sits under the bushes and asks them to come down to play.
Sometimes, though, she's jealous if I feed the birds before I feed her. One day I saw her head quivering and heard her screaming at a jackdaw five feet above her head on the feeding table. The jackdaw ignored her for some time but eventually lost his patience. Peering over the edge of the table at her, he gave a remarkable imitation of her yowl. Her jaw dropped farther than she can jump...
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Originally posted by Ariel:
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
Because Larks are disproportionately female, and Owls disproportionately male. There just aren't enough larky men to go around.
Hmmm....
Postmen, milkmen, farmers, train drivers, night shift workers, men who work in factories, bus drivers, police, bakers, cooks, hotel workers, male nurses, teachers, market workers, lorry drivers and delivery men, coffee shop staff, fishermen, construction workers, emergency repairmen, and those annoyingly perky presenters on the radio...
I didn't say all. Nor are people with early start jobs necessarily larks - they may just be suffering.
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jacobsen
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Living 24 miles from my teaching job,I have to be a lark. Left to myself, I tend to be a hibernator who wakes shortly before dawn, which makes me a hybrid 50/50 lark/owl. In spring and summer it's lawl. In autumn and winter, - owk! But when I do get up, that's the time for doing the laundry, rearranging rooms etc. All in my night wear. Not a nightie, but caftan or pyjamas.
If it's a really busy day at home, I may not get showered and dressed till the middle of the afternoon.
What is noticeable from this thread is that if we take our energy highs as they come, we get much more done. A pity that life doesn't always permit it. KLB, I feel your pain.
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crunt
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Originally posted by Boogie:
I wonder why so many larks have owls as partners?
I'm a lark and my partner is an owl. It can be an issue when we are in our one room city place, and one wants to sleep while the other wants to be up, but in more spacious circumstances it works very well as we both like spending time doing our own thing.
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Caissa
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Me and my partner are both Larks as are our children.
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
I didn't say all. Nor are people with early start jobs necessarily larks - they may just be suffering.
Works both ways. Dinner at 8 may work for some, but I'd hate to have to wait that long for the evening meal and then not be finished until maybe 10ish or later. Parties that don't start until 10pm will be starting without me.
And don't get me started on TV programmes that don't begin until after 9, so that I don't get to see the end of them without repercussions (if it doesn't finish until 10.30 and was interesting, a peaceful night of unbroken sleep isn't going to happen).
At university I used to quite enjoy staying up until the small hours and not going to bed much before 3-4 am, but realized that if you then don't surface until midday or later it's just a waste of half a day.
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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I didn't say that larks don't suffer. Why are you reading things into my posts that aren't there?
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Tree Bee
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Originally posted by crunt:
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Originally posted by Boogie:
I wonder why so many larks have owls as partners?
I'm a lark and my partner is an owl. It can be an issue when we are in our one room city place, and one wants to sleep while the other wants to be up, but in more spacious circumstances it works very well as we both like spending time doing our own thing.
This.
And it's a bonus that my husband is alert enough to drive early in the morning while I can drive us home late at night.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Ariel:
... TV programmes that don't begin until after 9 ...
We're the most easterly time-zone in Canada, so programmes that are shown at 8:00 in Ontario will be at 9:30 in Newfoundland. Some of the Canadian broadcasters have different channels to cater for the time-zones (CBC has five - Newfoundland, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver); others just repeat shows three hours later to cover most eventualities. "Prime-time" in Ontario may be quite late in Newfoundland.
As the saying here goes: The end of the world is nigh (half an hour later in Newfoundland).
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eta: This doesn't explain why so many of our friends here are larks ... ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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balaam
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Now is the time for larks to feel superior, but not me, getting up this morning was difficult.
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We did the time change a few weeks ago - this morning's difficulty was having no power and yet being at a dr appointment a 20 minute drive away at 8:30 a.m. Felt like the time change all over again.
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