Thirty years ago, I recall one of my older sisters reading me the following quote: "He who hoots with the owl cannot soar with the eagle in the morn." I'm not quite sure why that quotation stuck with me all these years, but, I find myself thinking of it every now and again. I guess I have always been a night owl and I felt by the quotation that I had to somehow defend myself in being that way. I just find I am much more productive, after say, four in the afternoon.
Last night I found myself sitting on the kitchen floor at 11:00 p.m. reorganizing my pots and pans cabinet. Granted, I had to do so with much more delicacy than I would have ordinarily, so as not to wake the family who were already several hours into their 'good night's sleep'. After that, I started to file paperwork which lead to purging part of my overstuffed filing cabinet. Before I knew it, when I tapped on computer mouse, who was also sleeping, I saw that it was 1:00 a.m. Yikes! I wasn't even that tired, but, I knew I had to be up at 6:15 a.m. to get the kids to school.
Needless to say, morning came quickly and the morning news blared at me from my alarm clock. Uuugh. After hitting the snooze several times, I staggered out of my room and woke up my youngest, Matthew. It was still dark. I wondered, "Are the eagles really soaring right now?" I don't think so!
Well, here it is three hours later. I have made three breakfasts and three lunches. (All different ones, I might add!). I have gotten three people off to work and school. I have fed and walked the dog. I cleaned up all the dishes and have gotten dressed. I completely vacuumed and detailed the entire inside of my car. I have taken out the trash, put on a load of laundry and checked emails.
So--- it seems to me---one can hoot with the owls and soar with the eagles in the morn! Okay, so I'm not quite soaring! (Truth be told, there's a pretty good chance that once a week, this eagle has to take a fifteen minute catnap. Or, as I should say, this---Night Owl!)
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