Sleep is soooo good
I have a confession to make: I love to sleep. It’s not that I’m lazy (though Kathy may argue that point…), but I have never been a morning person. I have always had a really hard time getting out of bed. I don’t know what it is, but the bed always feels the warmest and coziest right when the alarm goes off. In fact, here’s another insight into just how weird I really am: I used to set the alarm for like 3:00 or 4:00 AM on week-ends, just so I would get woken up, and would be able to feel the comfort of the bed. I swear I am not making this up. I would actually force myself awake so that I could enjoy comfortably falling asleep again.
This leads to problems, however. Kathy is a very light sleeper, and doesn’t easily fall back asleep once she’s awake. If something wakes us up in the middle of the night, I can fall right back asleep, and she’ll lay there awake in bed literally for hours.
I start work at 7:00 AM in downtown Portland, and I try to get to my desk by 6:40 or so at the latest. As I’ve mentioned in a previous post’s comments, I try to walk to the MAX station when I can, which is about a 30 minute walk. If I decide to drive to the park and ride MAX station instead, it’s exactly a four mile drive.
So what does this sleep-loving, wife-annoying loser do? I’ll usually set the alarm for 5:00 AM, then when the alarm goes off, I’ll punch snooze, and if Kathy hasn’t woken up, I’ll sleep for another 1/2 hour (and it’s the best 1/2 hour of sleep ever.) Then I’ll get up, get ready, and drive the four miles.
If the 5:00 alarm does wake her up, I feel bad that she’s not going to be able to fall back asleep, and I get right up, get ready, and walk the 30 minutes. I don’t mean to toy with her sleep patterns, but I can’t help it. I’m really a bad person, and Kathy, I love you and I’m very sorry.
8 comments April 19th, 2005