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Posted by Dinah on February 20, 2003, at 3:27:53
It's quiet, and I can work without the phone ringing or the dogs barking. No one calls to ask where their work is. I haven't screamed for hours. I'm not shaking.
I should start sleeping all day and working all night.
Posted by Phil on February 20, 2003, at 7:07:30
In reply to I like the middle of the night, posted by Dinah on February 20, 2003, at 3:27:53
Posted by Dinah on February 20, 2003, at 7:47:00
In reply to Re: I like the sides of the night (nm) » Dinah, posted by Phil on February 20, 2003, at 7:07:30
Posted by tina on February 20, 2003, at 8:13:29
In reply to I like the middle of the night, posted by Dinah on February 20, 2003, at 3:27:53
me too Dinah but lately I've been seeing too much of it. I'm such a bitch the next day if I don't get good sleep.
When I first started the effexor, I slept like a baby but now that it's into the second week, I'm wired and easily awakened. Very annoying cuz taking sleep meds seems to give me nocturnal panic attacks. Argh!!
Here's wishing you all things "horizontal"
haha
tina
Posted by Eddie Sylvano on February 20, 2003, at 9:16:40
In reply to I like the middle of the night, posted by Dinah on February 20, 2003, at 3:27:53
> It's quiet, and I can work without the phone ringing or the dogs barking. No one calls to ask where their work is. I haven't screamed for hours. I'm not shaking.
---------------I'm with you. I've been working on a freelance programming project, and I'm never so productive as I am when it's 3:30AM and I'm alone with my computer and a pot of good coffee. For some reason, it really keeps me focused. Maybe it's just because I'd like to finish and get to bed.
Posted by rayww on February 20, 2003, at 15:30:49
In reply to Re: I like the middle of the night » Dinah, posted by Eddie Sylvano on February 20, 2003, at 9:16:40
I wake up between 3:30-6:00 really wanting to get up and get a head start on the day, but it bothers my husband when I'm gone from bed that early in the morning, and he can't find me. When I force myself to go back to sleep till the rest of the family gets up, I get discouraged before even beginning my day. Not good. How can I justify getting up early? I am so afraid it will affect my health and set me back if I don't get enough sleep. I I felt wonderful when I was taking my early walk before 7:00. I especially remember walking in the fresh snow between 4-5:00 am, listening to the crunch, breathing the fresh air, feeling all bundled up and at a restful peace in nature, no fear. No one drove past me, the town was asleep. I am afraid to try that now. Not fear that I might get mugged or harmed, but fear that I might put fear into my family if they don't know where I am, or if they get up for breakfast and I'm nowhere to be found. I can't leave notes because they wouldn't notice them. I know what I fear, it's hearing my husband call my name as loud as he can in the middle of the night. Gosh, I hate that! ANd it's fear that I may be labelled the "betrayer". I have endured betrayal and would never want my family to feel that from me. How can I overcome that fear and justify doing the thing I love the most, to get up early and enjoy the silence of the world, the peace, and the blessings reserved only for the early riser?
Posted by Phyl on February 20, 2003, at 17:29:16
In reply to Re: I like the middle of the night, posted by rayww on February 20, 2003, at 15:30:49
> I wake up between 3:30-6:00 really wanting to get up and get a head start on the day, but it bothers my husband when I'm gone from bed that early in the morning, and he can't find me. When I force myself to go back to sleep till the rest of the family gets up, I get discouraged before even beginning my day. Not good. How can I justify getting up early? I am so afraid it will affect my health and set me back if I don't get enough sleep. I I felt wonderful when I was taking my early walk before 7:00. I especially remember walking in the fresh snow between 4-5:00 am, listening to the crunch, breathing the fresh air, feeling all bundled up and at a restful peace in nature, no fear. No one drove past me, the town was asleep. I am afraid to try that now. Not fear that I might get mugged or harmed, but fear that I might put fear into my family if they don't know where I am, or if they get up for breakfast and I'm nowhere to be found. I can't leave notes because they wouldn't notice them. I know what I fear, it's hearing my husband call my name as loud as he can in the middle of the night. Gosh, I hate that! ANd it's fear that I may be labelled the "betrayer". I have endured betrayal and would never want my family to feel that from me. How can I overcome that fear and justify doing the thing I love the most, to get up early and enjoy the silence of the world, the peace, and the blessings reserved only for the early riser?
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>Why should he mind that you would like to be up and out, enjoying the quiet, getting in some exercise, doing something just for yourself? If minds that, he has more problems than you have. Why not just let your family know that from now on, you will be up and out at 6:00 a.m. (that's only an hour early, and you can get in a nice brisk walk before 7:00). After the walk, you'll have more energy and their breakfast will be on the table pronto!
I love to walk in the morning myself. If I am tired, it gives me more energy. It's just a nice thing to do, to be alone with your own thoughts. When I don't walk, I feel as if I have cheated myself. My husband has never minded .... as long as I didn't "force" him to come along with me. I'm a morning person; he is definitely a night owl.
Jeez. Just tell your hubby that you are going to walk every morning at 6. And go for it!
Posted by likelife on February 21, 2003, at 0:18:17
In reply to I like the middle of the night, posted by Dinah on February 20, 2003, at 3:27:53
Night is mysterious and magical. And solitary. Unless, of course, you're on PSB. Here's to the night...
Posted by lostsailor on February 21, 2003, at 11:05:06
In reply to Re: I like the middle of the night » Dinah, posted by likelife on February 21, 2003, at 0:18:17
I feel safer at night in general as it's not as "hectic" for me although i don't know what is hectic in my life in the daytime. Thank god for the comupter, dinah, i agree.
rayw...I love running at night and early am...the snow like you mentioned is fresh and the air crisp and soon thier will be the Spring's morning dew and the birds chatting upon waking. It is not until the time that your family wakes that I go to bed usually...lol
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