The 6 things you recognize when you have a morning mood

Mornings are not exactly the highlight of my day, not at all actually. I never wake up before the alarm and usually have my pillow pressed against my face until around eleven o'clock. Not to mention ’the bags under my eyes‘, which can be compared to blue Ikea shoppers. I go into silent retreat mode and land back on earth around ten o'clock. You will recognize this if you also suffer from a petit peu morning mood.

1. The first step of waking up is my alarm clock. It ‘rings’ me awake, as sweet and soft as possible. BANG. SNOOZE. SILENCE. And this usually repeats about three, four times. Okay, five.

2. Step two of waking up is first staring at the ceiling for ten minutes. Usually also to realize that that kiss with my internship supervisor from five years ago ‘was just a dream’.

3. Then a quarter of an hour under a very hot shower, with my arms crossed. No, Little Miss Sunshine is far, far away.

4. Irritation level one hundred. Life hits you harder in the morning, I’m sure of it. A burned tongue, a brown spot on my banana or toothpaste that falls off my toothbrush five hundred times: I can't handle it.

5. Speaking of that silent retreat: I carry it out at home, but also on the bike and in public transport. Don't sit next to me, don't sit next to me. Please, don't do it.

6.     I look a bit like Octo from Spongebob, you remember him, right, when I just wake up. And it multiplies fivefold if someone asks me a question from the category: ‘Are you tired’, ‘are you sick’, ‘are you grumpy?’. Leave me alone.

And that sour mood slips off me at exactly 10:00 AM. Happy Monday.