A morning warning

I am not a morning person. If you have ever met my mother this might come as a shock to you. She was a great rooster wake up call at girls camp. I'll be honest...some of those mornings I wished I didn't have to claim her. :) (I love my mom very much, don't get me wrong.) I did not inherit this chipper, happy attitude when it comes to mornings. I am a pretty happy person all of the time, except mornings. I am glad that I can laugh at myself. My family has learned to give me my space and when I finally talk, they can talk to me.

One of my favorite morning stories about myself comes from the morning (to clarify she wasn't born until the later evening) that my niece Brylee was born. I was living with my sister and her husband at the time. My sister Aimee had been in labor for a long time. She had been sent home from the hospital once and didn't want to go back in until she was sure they wouldn't send her home again. To give a bit of background, I had been out the night before playing at my cousin's house until the early hour of around 2:00am. Aimee and Bryan headed to the hospital around 7:30ish. All I remember was, it was early. So being the nice sister I am, I got up to wish her well. My sister was standing at the top of the stairs in much pain. I remember her turning to me and saying, "I don't think I can do this." Now most people know that I can be pretty motivating when needed. I'm sure this was one of those times. I'm sure my sister knew this and needed some validation that things would be okay. Can you guess what I said? My response was oh, so cleaver. "Well it's a little to late to think about that now." Yeah, nice motivator. I have apologized many times for this response. I understand now why most phone calls that my family makes to me before the 9am hour start out with, "I know it's early and I'm sorry."

I am a nice person and if you do need to talk to me in the morning I will be nice...it just might take me a few minutes to warm up. Just keep talking to me...I will catch on eventually. Also, don't take offense to my shortness in the mornings. I will apologize when I have fully awaken myself.