Night Hawk into Early Bird

I am not an early bird. I have no interest in catching worms. I would rather sleep a little longer than spring out of bed. I shave my head largely for this reason - it cuts down on early morning preening!!

I don't know why, but I signed up to play in an early morning hockey league (www.scrhl.ca) and so once a week I am out the door before 6am to play!! I am enjoying it but it relies heavily on three pieces of equipment:

(1) Crocs - these things are ugly as sin, but as comfortable as heaven. I swore I would never wear these affronts to foot fashion but somebody gave me a pair and I love them!! They are a must in getting out the door at that time.

(2) Old Man's Gatorade - I can't get up early enough to operate machines that involve electricity and produce hot liquids before 7:30am so I am truly grateful to live uphill from a Starbucks. Gatorade worked in my early 30s but now I need Cafe Americano with three shots to get the brain going (that and a Melaleuca "Access Bar")

(3) iPod blaring something that my wife feels I should have grown out of a decade or two ago - lately it has been RHCP, Chess blues or something with a reggae vibe to it. I cashed in airmiles to get this baby and I opted for the 80gb classic rather than the Touch because I wanted more room to put more stuff on it (Mandarin lessons, grad school lectures, eclectic music and way too many podcasts of obscure talk shows). I can't believe how much it holds. I may even rip my collection of 80s dance music just to see if it will hold my entire cd collection!!

In a strange progression I decided that if I can get up and play hockey before heading into the office (as do all the other guys I play with) I should also be able to get up early and do stuff before 'heading into the office' on other days. I approached a few people from church and now I will lead a Bible study on Thursdays from 6:30-7:30am. In a city that is getting increasingly fast-paced you have to make time for the important stuff - so this is one nighthawk that is becoming an early bird...but I still don't want any worms.

Ehkosit
Migwec