The way I look at it, if you wake up extra early for no particular reason, there's a reason.

But I don't mind waking up early as long as I can go back to sleep.

A few generations ago, most people got up at 5:00 a.m. or even earlier. So did their cows.

Grandpa spent a lot of time trying to set his rooster to go off at 6:00 a.m. instead of 5:00. But he never had any luck. So they ate the rooster. This is not recommended for people who depend on an alarm clock.

When I was in college, I had a job that required me to be at work at 5:00 a.m. One morning while I was still living in the dorm, I was dragging myself out of bed at about 4:30, when I noticed my roommate sitting on the edge of his bunk. He looked really sleepy, so I said, "Are you sure you need to get up this early?"

"Going to bed," he mumbled, as he fell over on the pillow.
Howard