Grumpy this morning

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Many mornings recently I have woken up way too early. Like at 4 or 5 am when I only need to get up around 7 am. Then I find it really hard to get going when I actually do get up, and by late afternoon I’m already tired. But then I start to feel more awake again later and end up going to bed at our usual time, somewhere between 11 pm and midnight. So after a few days of this it’s getting really annoying and I’m fed up with feeling tired all the time. I decided the best approach would be just to embrace the early mornings, and instead of just lying there listening to the dawn chorus and hoping I could go back to sleep – which almost never happens – I should get up, get dressed and go and get some jobs done outside. I wrote myself a list of things I could have a go at in the morning and went to bed shortly after 11 pm. Well my plan didn’t work. I woke up about 4 am; it was still dark and I could hear the rain! Even the birds weren’t awake yet. So not the best time to trim the hedge or weed the parking area. And I didn’t want to start doing noisy things in the house and wake other people up. So once again I just lay in bed listening to the birds waking up and getting annoyed. Maybe tomorrow I can put my outdoor plan into action? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2026.