I happen to
be a late night person. Always have
been. Getting up early has always been a
chore.
“Why don’t
you just go to sleep earlier?”
I am asked by
early rising people.
They do not
understand. It is not something you just
turn off and turn on. Early rising
people seem to act superior. Like their
way is the correct way.
Early to
bed, early to rise is great if you live on a farm, or before electricity, but
otherwise…Listen, being a late night person is not a choice. It is something you are born with, it is
just something you are. You can fake
being an early person, but you cannot really change.
I digress.
I am an
unapologetic late night person, and as a retired person it now works just fine
for me. It is especially fine in this
world of 24/7 TV entertainment. I no
longer have to turn in after the “Tonight Show.” I can stay up forever if
I want.
Fortunately for
me, Mrs. C is also a late night person. We
stay up late watching TV while also reading and playing games on our PC’s. Oh yeah, we can multi-task.
This arrangement
works out fine except sometimes I am even more of a late night person than Mrs.
C.
Mrs. C does
not mind if I still watch TV while she slips off to sleep, but she does object
to the shows I watch.
While she
falls off to a situation comedy that I have seen several times over, I try and
switch to a show she does not like. This
does not go over well.
When I hear
that gentle Mrs. C sleep-breathing, I turn down the volume and bring up “Wicked
Tuna” a show about tuna fishing out of Gloucester Mass.
“Why did
you change the channel?”
“You were
asleep!”
“I can’t sleep
to that show.”
“You were
asleep!”
“That
show woke me up.”
“So I
have to watch a show I don’t like while you are asleep?”
“Yes!”
“So when
can I watch ‘Wicked Tuna’?”
“When you
are downstairs.”
“When I
am downstairs I watch sports that you won’t watch. What if I just turn down the sound?”
“I’ll
still know.”
“So I
have to watch only shows that you can sleep to?”
“Yup.”
I’d turn in
before Mrs. C, except I couldn’t sleep to “Say Yes To The Dress.”
I’m thinking I couldn’t sleep to Wicked Tuna either. I imagine there is a lot of swearing!
ReplyDeleteWell it is good you are both night people--partially. Maybe headphones for the TV? Then Yes to the Dress wouldn't bother you:))
ReplyDeleteI need to watch Naked and Afraid before sleep. Never mind that I have watched all 12 seasons numerous times, seeing people eaten up by bugs and arguing gives me a feeling of peace.
ReplyDeleteEveryone is born a morning lark or a night owl, just like you are born to be left or right handed. This right handed morning lark married a left handed night owl and ended up with four left handed night owl children. How unfair is that!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the good thing about a morning person marrying a night person is the morning person is alert enough to make the coffee and bring in the paper while the night person is still trying to figure out where his feet go into his slippers, and the night person can make sure the doors are locked and lights are off when the morning person is past being able to even remember there's a door to lock.