Bigfoot, I knew there was surely some balance with work in there somewhere. Sometimes it's just difficult to interpret the full story with just typed words. From what you wrote about working in the other thread, I assumed you were a workaholic who was up at 3:00am cracking the whip and putting in what most would consider a day's work before the sun even came up, but what you wrote here seems like the thoughts of a rational guy to me. You let the kids sleep and get ready for school without the worry of chores, and you admit that you just don't care for an hour or so of chores before heading off to work. I'm with you there. Heck, who would? Luckily, I don't have any "before work chores" unless a cow is sick.
I don't know if I'm a morning or evening person overall, but when it comes to work on the farm, or anywhere for that matter, if I have a specific job to do, I'd just as soon get up at 4:00am and get going. We had a few "work days" that we had to put in at school last year on our own. We had to be at school at least 6 hours without lunch for it to count. I got there one morning at 4:30 and left at 10:30. I only did one day that way because everybody thought I had cracked up.
I guess I'm lucky so far; I'm 50, and I don't have to go through that "come to life" process yet. I can wake up, put my farm clothes on and be out the door in 10 minutes if I have to. Then, like TN Cattle Man wrote, when evening rolls around, I'm done and would rather be in the recliner watching tv.