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My thoughts released; a mind set free |
| I was up early this morning and was able to enjoy watching the sun chase away the night with an awesome display of gold, orange, and crimson reflecting off some low wisps of clouds. The reflection off the white snow cover only added to the beauty; yesterday's thaw has given the snow an icy, reflective surface that mirrored this morning's colorful sunrise. It's nice being up early, as long as it's not too early, like my four o'clock wake-up the other day. Most days, I'm not awake until after eight, but I usually don't go to bed until about twelve-thirty or later because my wife doesn't get home from work until about eleven-thirty. Even though I enjoy being up early and seeing a beautiful sunrise, getting to enjoy the early morning peace, and later, when the weather gets hotter, the coolness of the morning, I also enjoy being up later and watching the beauty of the sunsets and sitting around a fire watching the fireflies and stars. What I don't enjoy, however, is being tired from lack of sleep. In times past, it didn't seem to bother me, but now I need at least seven hours of sleep. So do I stay up late or do I get up early? My internal clock seems to want me to get up early despite being up late, so perhaps that's the direction I should go. But, there's no sense in trying to go to bed until after my wife gets home from work, not with the dogs getting all excited, barking, and raising a ruckus when they hear her pull into the driveway and not letting up until after she's in the house and they've chewed her out for being gone so long. There's a solution; go to bed around midnight and get up around seven. Easy peasy! No, it's not; it's gotten to be a habit to stay up late, and once summer arrives, it's going to be even harder. As much as I enjoy being up early, I also enjoy being up late and enjoying a fire and the coolness of the night. Maybe I'll do both, I'll get up early, I'll stay up late, and I'll just take a nap in the afternoon. |
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