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Night Owl

Well, it’s almost 2:00 am and I’m wide awake and feeling just great! Friday I was so tired. Today I slept way too late, but Friday night my tummy didn’t like what I fed it for dinner. I woke up several times in the night feeling a little sick to my stomach. So, I slept in Saturday morning and right into the afternoon. Now my clock is out of whack for who knows how long. To be honest, if I weren’t afraid of getting so far off track that I’m a zombie all week at work, I wouldn’t go to bed now. I feel so great! No joint pain and no back ache. And I’m in the “groove” getting tons done. Darn that bedtime!

I’ve always been a night owl. In fact, it’s been my observation that many HPS’ers are night owls. I have no idea if there’s any connection – but when I check the usage statistics for the HPS adults listserv, it gets the most people reading their list mail late at night and early morning. I doubt I’m the only HPS’er up so late!

Back in the days when I worked full time as a freelance writer and dictated my own schedule, I often wrote late at night. I slept in the morning, and I interviewed in the afternoon. It was great!
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