River: The Lark in the Morning

[mdlbear]

This post by madfilkentist led me a merry chase, past this web page and this article, to the idea of chronotypes.

Normal people have a circadian clock set pretty close to a 24 hour cycle, and don't have much trouble shifting it around. Owls have a cycle of longer than 24 hours, and tend to become night people, going to bed late and sleeping long hours. Larks have a shorter cycle, and become morning people, fading early in the evening and getting up early.

I used to be an owl. Back in grad school one of my classmates spent a year or two living on a 26-hour cycle; he would get back in sync with the world every other week. I myself was more likely to see dawn before going to bed than on waking up.

I seem to be a lark now. It's fairly recent; I think I was "normal" for a long time in between. It may have something to do with the facehugger. I enjoy the extra time in the morning, though it's too irregular to count on. Maybe that will improve over time. Sleep is pleasant, but I don't have time for it.