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Wednesday, 18th February 2004 - Gráinne Lynch, aged 21, Ireland.

I hate getting up in the morning. I wake up a little while before seven, and wish I could go back to sleep. I snuggle down in my soft, warm bed and promise myself just five more minutes, the room is too cold, and the light is too bright - I don't want to get up yet.

Eventually though, after eight or ten minutes of watching the minutes tick away, I struggle from my bed. A hot shower and a hot cup of tea are my rewards. And once I'm up, it's not so bad. Sometimes I'm even glad to be up so early. This morning was one of those mornings because the world had been transformed into a winter wonderland. Everything was white. From the upstairs window I looked out over the field that glistened with white frost and eerie fog and for a few short seconds I watched the sun as it rose behind the trees, and streaked the sky with creamy yellow and bright orange light. It was beautiful. (Unfortunately, I didn't have long to enjoy it because I had to jump in the shower to avoid being late for work!)

Then as a reward for getting out of the house, at the bottom of the driveway there were half a dozen frozen spider webs between the bars of the gate. All shiny and white - they barely looked real.

I would have missed all that if I'd slept 'til ten!

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