Thank goodness, MaggieJane1, I was beginning to think I was the only person reading Gransnet who wasn’t getting up at the crack of dawn (aka middle of the night), though I might function best even later than you, as we will often be eating supper when the 10 o’clock news is on tv. I have never been a morning person. Even when I was working, I used to try not to arrange critical tasks until after mid-morning if at all possible.
My best time of the day is definitely from about 11pm, when I will read, or sit at my desk doing a bit of writing. DH will usually have gone to bed, the house is perfectly quiet, there is no traffic noise from the road outside our house, and I will often hear foxes howling from outside. The dog will often come and sit on my feet. There are no interruptions, no one coming to the door or phoning, and the messaging alert on my phone is on night-time, so doesn’t go off. I’ll often be up till 3am. As long as I then get my 8hours’ sleep in, which I can now I’ve retired, I’m fine. Unless some early bird thinks they are entitled to contact me at 8am, which really puts my back up! How would they like it if I rang them at midnight??
