Going into my senior year of college, I have learned a lot about myself. One of those things is that I am not the morning person like I thought I was.
In high school, I would wake up every day at 5:45 am. I ate breakfast, got dressed, then I made my lunch and my dad's lunch, and then I would be at school at 7 am. Somehow, I was able to function in my first class for all four years. But now, I struggle to wake up and pay attention if I have an 8 am class.
Not only is it a struggle to pay attention, I am just not in the mood to talk to anyone until at least 10 am. I mean I will talk, but I'm not all cheery until I'm a bit more awake. I apologize if you see me in the morning and I have a bitch face. It's not you, I swear!
However, even though I don't like to get up early, somehow I can. When my alarm goes off, I am able to get up and get ready to start the day, even if I really don't want to. Once I'm up, I'm up.
Even during this summer vacation when I have nothing to do, and I could sleep all day if I wanted to, I usually wake up between 8 am and 9 am. No matter how late I go to bed, I always wake up around this time. I know it's not super early, but a lot of people I know can sleep in until 10, 11, sometimes even noon! I don't know how they do it.
All in all, college has changed me. Functioning early in the morning is no longer a gift I have. I hope one day though, I can become a morning person again.
