How early is too early

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Today is the day of the monthly plant meetings where K works. As a member of the management staff, she is required to attend. The first meeting is at 6 a.m., meaning she has to be at the plant by 5 a.m. so leaves home shortly after 4 a.m., which means getting up at 3 a.m. Or, as I call it, Stupid-dark thirty. The other members of staff live closer. They don't have to get up as early to be there on time. When I was still teaching, these early mornings were more of a bother. Not only did I wake up at 3 a.m. and then try to go back to sleep until 5:30 when my alarm would normally go off. Those mornings, I had to get up 20 minutes early to take care of the dogs because 3 a.m. was too early even for them. Now that I'm retired, it's not so much an issue. I don't get up until Sophie tells me she can't hold it anymore and needs to go out. This morning, this wasn't until 6:30. A much more reasonable time in my opinion. Is 3 a.m. too early to get up in the morning?