Lark or Owl which one are you?

[Fairyqueen]

Just wondering which of you are a Lark or an Owl? I wake up quite early and get up around 7.30 and go to bed around 10.30. I suppose that makes me more of a lark than a night owl. I have a friend who is up until around 1-2 in the morning and gets up around mid morning the next day. She always says that that is her natural body clock. What’s yours?

[Nanto2girls]

I'm a lark. Always have been one for getting up early.
Usually up for about 5.30, ready for bed at 10'oclock.
I'm not the best sleeper though,more often than not i end up getting up in the night.

[Fairyqueen]

You certainly are a lark Nan, I’m always ready for bed around 10 as well.

[Oma]

well i must be a mixture sometimes i dont go to bed till early hours 4-5 then up by 7ish so what does that make me ?
Or i will go up about 11pm and back up hour later

[Daisy]

Fairy Queen - I think the world (or at least this country) is designed for you larks. I'm definitely an owl and would happily stay up till 12 or 1 am, but life in general doesn't make allowances for people who don't show their faces out of bed until 11 am! So over the years I've got used to getting up for things like work.

Oma - I think that makes you a b****y marvel. I don't know how you get by on so little sleep - or Nanto who has often prepped dinner before I'm awake.

I need about 8 hours sleep so I try and get to bed before mid-night, say 11.30 and get up when I wake up. The best thing about being retired is not having to set the alarm most days.

[Lizzie48]

I am certainly a lark!

[Oma]

Daisy the bags under my eyes prove i dont function at all well really
But as ive said before once in a while i get a good 6-8 hours to recharge my batteries

[Daisy]

Oma - I haven't noticed any bags under your eyes! It's a good job you do get a good night's sleep sometimes. xx

[Gemini]

An owl.
Less of one than I used to be. Midnight used to be an early night around here, but but bedtime is generally nearer 11 now. I read in bed every night once I'm there.

[Plantaholic]

Now I am retired I go to bed about 11, then read for a bit, then I wake up anytime around 8.30. I refuse to get up before 8.00 unless I am forced to.

[Clover]

FQ I”m virtually the same as you. 7.30 ish.to 10.30 ish. I usually read until I can’t concentrate any more !

[Grauntie Mag]

Erm, no idea! I can easily go to bed at 10 but that usually means I’m up again by 1am. If I go to bed at midnight I can sleep through till 8am. My mother used to say “every hour before midnight is worth two after”.
I like the wee small hours though, it’s so peaceful.

[Fairyqueen]

Thanks all for your replies- interesting to read how we are all different. Oma, I agree with Daisy you are a marvel! I would be a complete zombie and need at least 6 hours to function normally. My husband would be an owl as he likes staying up and getting up late ish but Daisy as you say his working life has not allowed for that pattern to develop and he’s too knackered now to sit up late! GM my Mum used to say exactly the same thing about the hours before midnight.

[Glammanana]

Fairyqueen,my mum also used to say the same about the hours before midnight,before I retired I was always up and ready to get on the road by 7.30 depending where I was working and in bed before 10pm as long as I got 6/7 good hours I was fine.
Since my John died I have been up much later of an evening and have become a TV addict of sorts and will not get up until about 8ish sometimes later.

[Daisy]

My mum used to say that about hours before midnight as well.

Is it my imagination or did grown-ups go to bed earlier than they do now. Before telly, or when it closed down at 10 ish, and the fire went out, you'd go to bed, wouldn't you!