I Like to get up around 6-6:30 ..and did at one time. The medicines have made me awake by 3 am up by 4. Evrn th I I go to bed around 10 ish every night. Since he is cutting dosage on one hopping that helps me sleep better. I am sleeping off and on during the day..that does not help. I don't mind being up early by 3-4 is a tad early.
That stinks. My poor sleep habits are 100% behaviour-caused. I go to bed at 2AM-3AM. I get up around 8AM-9AM. I take a 2 hour "nap" from 4-6 or maybe 5-7. Sometimes I only crash for an hour. Then I'm up until 2AM or so. I get 7-9 hours of sleep every 24 hour cycle, it's just not continuous, unless I avoid that afternoon sleep. I actually got into these weird habits when I was still working and did "flex time," getting in at 6AM and off at 2PM or so, sleeping late in the afternoon, getting up late in the evening, and going to bed at 2AM for a few hours. I once woke up, looked at the clock, saw "7:00" and panicked, because I usually get into work at 6AM. So I rushed around, got ready real fast, got into my car, and sped off to work. I drove past the baseball fields at the elementary school and there were little leaguers out playing. (This was in the middle of summer, so it was light early and late.) My initial thought was "Why are these little kids out here playing baseball at 7AM?" My second thought was "You idiot! It's 7 in the evening!!!" *sigh*
I hit the sack around 10:30 PM, read until 12:30 AM, up at 5 AM, breakfast at 6AM, work on projects until, around, 1 PM, nap 1-3 PM. Sometimes, I'll grab another hour nap around 7:30-8:30 PM. I do very well on the above schedule, and I never have been one to sleep 7-8 hours at a stretch. In my band days, I'd play gigs until Midnight, sack out around 2AM, and still be up by 7AM, or so. I took naps back then, as well. Being self employed, most of my life, I've let my natural sleep cycles assert themselves, and that's worked, for me.
You reminded me of why I was often late for my 9AM jobs. It was as much reading as it was late night tv. Even as a kid I would see how late it was getting but be in that "Just one more chapter" mode. I once bought over 200 sci fi paperbacks at an estate sale, read most of them (I liked the dystopian stuff), then took them into work where we had an informal book-share thing. (It's been a long time since I've been into reading like that.) I tend to agree with following your own rhythms. We're all aware of the natural cycle of early morning work/midday snoozes when it's hot/back at it in late afternoon. Regarding musicians: they're roughly in that same universe as restaurant and bar workers (I've had friends in both industries.) That universe runs parallel to the 9-5 crowd with minimal overlap. If you were in bed by 2AM, you were not into the "after hours" stuff that some were. Work/party/sleep/work/party/sleep.
Our Dining Room is limiting seating to one resident per table. Servers all wearing Masks. The gentleman in the wheel chair is my 96 year old Sharp as a Tack neighbor Clyde. This was my 8:30 AM Breakfast Time today Aug ust 2
One resident per four person table at specified meal times. My solo dinner was Swedish Meat Balls tonight and brought my own wine
One would think that if everyone has been quarantined in the same facility, the only ones who should be relegated to their solo table might be those who have had outside world contact...and I'm gotta say that such contact has been prohibited.
We still are not permitted in the dining room, and I am so sick of receiving my food in a styrofoam carton. I continually have to transfer it to my own china. This is NJ for you, the land of Dictator Murphy.
One would think that if everyone has been quarantined in the same facility, the only ones who should be relegated to their solo table might be those who have had outside world contact...and I'm gotta say that such contact has been prohibited. It amazes me that ordinary citizens lack the capacity to making our own decisions in our own lives, yet any one of us who wins the next election is suddenly transformed into Experts on Everyone overnight. All that's required is a good Campaign Manager and enough gullible voters. It's friggin' magic.
Well, until this whole thing settles down, certain things we can and can't do. We didn't move back to Colorado for a summer like we are having to endure right now, but "it is what it is".
@Lois Winters I left my birthplace, Chicago, long ago (48 years) after failing to continue stomaching the wickedly corrupt Democratic machine: the straw bending over the camel's back was the Assessor valuing the then new Prudential Insurance Building at $20 million dollars for tax purposes: it's established value was at least $120 million. Honestly assessed, it and all the other gigantic structures could have reduced my house taxes substantially......I had complained, bitched, cussed and discussed these corruption issues for years, with my parents as soon as I understood them. So, we pulled out, after 30 years residency, just before my 30th. birthday. My high school friend, Charlie, remained there all these years, chronically complaining about crooked politics, ridiculously high taxes, crime, riots (1968 demo convention debacle had shooters stationed on rooftops of retail store buildings, shooting at firemen who were attempting to respond to the fires set by the looters). It was sickening. Just as sickening, @Lois Winters , as your remark above about Dictator land NJ. Unless one has the balls to up and pull out, chronic complaining achieves little else than raise blood pressure. I know, I know, the variety of reasons preventing throwing in the towel is great......thus, complaining alone achieves no positive result. Frank
Well, Frank, to get somewhat off-topic here, but, even with Chicago's current crime status, which is extremely high, there are still lots and lots of people still living there. Many can afford to leave, while some definitely can't. People in Chicago will probably say the same thing that people do in Jacksonville, Florida........"this crime is in an area of this city that I don't go to or even care about. I make great money here, so I'm not going anywhere."