"The sun was up, the room already too warm. Light filtered in through the net curtains, hanging suspended in the air, sediment in a pond. My head felt like a sack of pulp. Still in my nightgown, damp from some fright I'd pushed aside like foliage, I pulled myself up and out of my tangled bed, then forced myself through the usual dawn rituals - the ceremonies we perform to make ourselves look sane and acceptable to other people. The hair must be smoothed down after whatever apparitions have made it stand on end during the night, the expression of staring disbelief washed from the eyes. The teeth brushed, such as they are. God knows what bones I'd been gnawing in my sleep."
― Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

"Today I got up at 6:03 AM. Ugh, too early. I just wanted to sleep in late, and wake up naturally at 6:04 AM.
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― Jarod Kintz, Sleepwalking is restercise

What time do you wake up? Does the time vary or always the same time?

Are you alert and chatty, or are you groggy and prefer to be silent for awhile?
Is your partner the same?

My wife is bubbly and chatty in the early morning, after waking. That puzzles me, as Iall my family prefer quietness until we have a first coffee. The radio is on, I prefer the news, my wife music - we listen to music.



Morning stories are welcome here.