My daughter has a Facebook account. She's joined about, oh, 4,639,865,012 Facebook groups and pages. It's kind of a running joke in our extended family that she needs to go to rehab for Facebook pages. Every day, a new group, a new Fan page.
It's kind of comical. But the other day, when I clicked on her page, I burst into laughter to see that she'd joined a group entitled, It's Morning. Shut the Hell up and be Tired.
It was, I know, directed at my husband.
For it CERTAINLY wasn't directed at me.
My husband wakes up chipper and cheerful. It's undoubtedly his worst trait. I prefer to wake slowly, with a cup of coffee on the table beside my bed, to full sunlight filtering through the curtains, hearing the sound of the ocean waves through the open window, warm sultry breezes blowing the curtains - oh, sorry. I think I was dreaming there for a second.
I don't wake well, I think that's the point I'm trying to make. It takes me a while to wake up, a little longer to be fully functional and even a bit longer to carry on a full conversation. But, irritatingly, he is not the same way. And one would think, after more than 20 years of being married, he'd know this. And maybe, he'd think that most of our kids might just take after me.
It's kind of sweet that he's so naive.
He jumps out of bed, greets the day with a big, wide grin and a hefty smile - and I'm left laying with my arms splayed over my eyes, feverishly counting the hours until I can go back to bed. I want it to be quiet. Prefer to take it slow and easy and slide into the day in hours, rather than minutes.
It's yet another example of my failure to be THE PERFECT WIFE with THE PERFECT KIDS. And I'm ok with that.
I'm a morning person and my hubby ain't. We have the same problem but switched. Of course, since I've been starting work at 4am lately, I'm not quite as chipper as I used to be in the mornings. :)
Posted by: Elizabeth | March 24, 2010 at 09:25 PM
Seriously. DO NOT speak to me until I've been up for at least an hour. My husband knows the rule pretty well, but this morning I had to take him & a co-worker to the airport at 7 a.m. and OMG this other guy TALKED THE ENTIRE WAY THERE. I was all shut the hell up my brain can not functionnnn!!!!!!!
Posted by: Kalisa | March 24, 2010 at 09:27 PM
Not a morning person and never been one. This one thing has caused the most arguments in our marriage (2nd only to mil issues) interestingly both my parents are morning people and no, I wasn't adopted. :)
C-- I feel your pain. :)
Posted by: Sabz | March 24, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Same around here. CANNOT STAND morning people.
Posted by: Headless Mom | March 24, 2010 at 11:56 PM
Morning people are freaks of nature. :) My family knows I need 2 cups of coffee before they attempt to make me do, oh, anything. Luckily, the amount of time it takes me to drink said coffee is also the amount of time it takes for them to wake up and stop being less than pleasant, for they are not morning people either.
Posted by: Nicki | March 25, 2010 at 09:20 AM
my hubs is a morning person. He woke me up at 5:30 in the morning the other day singing the green acres theme song. he is a sicko!
out of 5 kids; 2 are morning people. the rest need to grow up and discover coffee. :)
Posted by: mary | March 25, 2010 at 09:36 AM
No one talks to me before my first cup of coffee. No one expects me to be polite before the second. After the third, though, I start to like mornings again!
Posted by: sarah k | March 25, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Those groups on FB annoy me. But that one is funny. Do you think it would work on my toddler?
I am NOT a morning person. My eight year old isn't. My five year old is. I'm just not sure if it's for good, or it's her age.
Posted by: Issa | March 25, 2010 at 09:51 PM
have you noticed at all with all the fan pages and quizes and stuff that your computer is now bogged down at all? Ever since my 14 yo went on a join everything frenzy my computer is so slow it goes backwards....
Posted by: amy | March 29, 2010 at 03:50 PM