Old Folks Superpower

I'm finding that I rarely sleep until my alarm anymore. I tend to wake well before I actually have to get up.

Me Grandpaw Hutchins used to rise at 5 each morning with no alarm. From what I've heard, many seniors require no help rising to greet the dawn. 

For me, it's no longer as it was for years: the sudden, shocking, "I'm up! I'm up!" It's more like, "All right, I have now awoken. Proceed, day."

It's a Senior Superpower. I don't need no stinking alarm.