4 a.m. I generally wake at 4 a.m., make sure I’m not dying, and fall back asleep. 6:50-something a.m. I always wake up at six-fifty-something. Naturally. Also, naturally, I set my alarm for 7 a.m. every morning and end up turning it off before it sounds.
Mornings stress me out. My wife teaches, gets both kids to school. I start work from home at 6 AM, and the two hours they are rushing around getting ready, fighting, crying, yelling stresses me the hell out. Then they’re gone. It’s just me, the dog and the cat. Then I miss them until they return near 5, and I’m stressed the hell out due to the rushing around, yelling, fighting. A vicious circle.
I always feel like I am getting away with something, like I am about to be busted when I eat in bed. I can hear my mom in the back of my head (your pjs are filthy, thats where your head lies for hours, you're gonna stain the sheets, you haven't left your room in days) yelling at me from the hallway whenever I bring food to the bedroom. Funny enough, she now "lives" in her bed and at any given time you can find one half of her bed with all the things she needs to survive (meds, water bottle, crackers, remote, phone, ipad). My how the turn tables.
No one will say a thing 😂😂😂 So true. At some point, I'm just like a living Marge Simpson and the dress I've worn for the past week is part of my character.
I too will end up wearing the same thing days on end if I don’t intentionally change clothes a couple times a day. I see that change of clothes before dinner as my commute home, and the way I mark the end of my work day.
the days of making kids lunches ended when they entered 9th grade, being self-sufficient is a must in this day and age, I also think learning how to do laundry is a must - I know they hate me for making them do these tasks, but I also know they will be better off in the long run - not shaming anyone who does they packing/laundry for their kids - it's just not my thing. I do spoil them in other ways like buying them what they need, etc.
I too seem to be waking before my self-imposed alarm time. Either that or sleeping way way past whilst having weird dreams that I try to manipulate: I think there's a name for that. I'll be looking for the Vaseline lip balm just because. The Shania Twain reference just cracked me up. That's gonna be my ear worm for days.
I f’ing love that tiny Rose Vaseline tin can lip balm! I have one on the nightstand, in my purse, at the office, next to my reading chair, etc.. Mornings, ahhh. I love my quiet, solitary mornings. I wake up at 5am and stay that way until about 9-10pm. I love getting out of bed as much as I love climbing back into it. Everything that happens in-between those two moments….is just passing time until I’m back under my linen sheets or I’m waking up, like you, just before the alarm. Like clockwork.
Thank you for sharing your routine. Is it your routine? You are a very gifted writer. You could have made it up. But why bother. I perceive you to be a deeply honest person (possibly to a fault), so you wouldn’t need to make this up. But edited for flow and rhythm? Of course it would be. You are after all a very gifted writer.
It is so very enjoyable to follow your writings on here. Sorry it isn’t the most financially lucrative, but I hope you draw a little joy from the fact that you receive the most immediate (sometimes honest to a fault?) feedback this way. :)
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Why is it that people’s routines are interesting? They just are.
I usually get up at five because I’ve been sleeping at my mother’s the past few months. She has Alzheimer’s and we’re moving her in, but we’re not ready yet. Never will be, but that’s another story. Clutter-wise, we’re not ready. She wakes up at 7, so if I get up at 5 and walk my dog and go home two doors away to do bathroom stuff in my own place, I can be back at her place by 7. Isn’t that interesting?
And of course I wonder whether Bea could walk to school? It’s not my business. I walked and caught a bus and walked some more. I guess that’s not done anymore. That was in the 70s.
Also, I got this newsletter a day later than others did, according to the time stamps on comments. So it wasn’t immediate. But I still liked getting it.
Deliciously disgusting to do things in bed. It's a very good place to draw.
Mornings stress me out. My wife teaches, gets both kids to school. I start work from home at 6 AM, and the two hours they are rushing around getting ready, fighting, crying, yelling stresses me the hell out. Then they’re gone. It’s just me, the dog and the cat. Then I miss them until they return near 5, and I’m stressed the hell out due to the rushing around, yelling, fighting. A vicious circle.
I always feel like I am getting away with something, like I am about to be busted when I eat in bed. I can hear my mom in the back of my head (your pjs are filthy, thats where your head lies for hours, you're gonna stain the sheets, you haven't left your room in days) yelling at me from the hallway whenever I bring food to the bedroom. Funny enough, she now "lives" in her bed and at any given time you can find one half of her bed with all the things she needs to survive (meds, water bottle, crackers, remote, phone, ipad). My how the turn tables.
I love you and reading every newsletter !!! It’s my sacred time 😶🌫️🍸♥️
No one will say a thing 😂😂😂 So true. At some point, I'm just like a living Marge Simpson and the dress I've worn for the past week is part of my character.
I too will end up wearing the same thing days on end if I don’t intentionally change clothes a couple times a day. I see that change of clothes before dinner as my commute home, and the way I mark the end of my work day.
I love reading what you write, almost immediately, Kelly!
the days of making kids lunches ended when they entered 9th grade, being self-sufficient is a must in this day and age, I also think learning how to do laundry is a must - I know they hate me for making them do these tasks, but I also know they will be better off in the long run - not shaming anyone who does they packing/laundry for their kids - it's just not my thing. I do spoil them in other ways like buying them what they need, etc.
All I can think is, Poor Bea, starting school so early in the morning!
Also I love that you change your clothes throughout the day.
Gratifying to see you wear makeup while eating breakfast in bed. It’s something I like to think Carole Lombard did. Masterfully civilized.
I too seem to be waking before my self-imposed alarm time. Either that or sleeping way way past whilst having weird dreams that I try to manipulate: I think there's a name for that. I'll be looking for the Vaseline lip balm just because. The Shania Twain reference just cracked me up. That's gonna be my ear worm for days.
I f’ing love that tiny Rose Vaseline tin can lip balm! I have one on the nightstand, in my purse, at the office, next to my reading chair, etc.. Mornings, ahhh. I love my quiet, solitary mornings. I wake up at 5am and stay that way until about 9-10pm. I love getting out of bed as much as I love climbing back into it. Everything that happens in-between those two moments….is just passing time until I’m back under my linen sheets or I’m waking up, like you, just before the alarm. Like clockwork.
Thank you for sharing your routine. Is it your routine? You are a very gifted writer. You could have made it up. But why bother. I perceive you to be a deeply honest person (possibly to a fault), so you wouldn’t need to make this up. But edited for flow and rhythm? Of course it would be. You are after all a very gifted writer.
It is so very enjoyable to follow your writings on here. Sorry it isn’t the most financially lucrative, but I hope you draw a little joy from the fact that you receive the most immediate (sometimes honest to a fault?) feedback this way. :)
I love that I can comment without signing in, the way Wordpress is.
Why is it that people’s routines are interesting? They just are.
I usually get up at five because I’ve been sleeping at my mother’s the past few months. She has Alzheimer’s and we’re moving her in, but we’re not ready yet. Never will be, but that’s another story. Clutter-wise, we’re not ready. She wakes up at 7, so if I get up at 5 and walk my dog and go home two doors away to do bathroom stuff in my own place, I can be back at her place by 7. Isn’t that interesting?
And of course I wonder whether Bea could walk to school? It’s not my business. I walked and caught a bus and walked some more. I guess that’s not done anymore. That was in the 70s.
Also, I got this newsletter a day later than others did, according to the time stamps on comments. So it wasn’t immediate. But I still liked getting it.