Getting Up In The Morning

[poliphilo]

This is the second morning in a row I've been woken by Samina telling her kids to get out of bed. Yesterday it happened at 7.20. I know it was 7.20 because she said so- and that they needed to be downstairs eating their breakfast in five minutes. Both times I've rolled over and gone back to sleep. This morning it was nearly nine before I woke again- which is much later than normal. I always feel guilty about getting up late. I suppose because it was dinged into me as a kid that early rising is virtuous. 

Early to bed and early to rise
Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

I hate to be bounced out of bed. I like to wake slowly, rising gradually through the levels. I detest alarm clocks. If I have an alarm clock set I keep waking at intervals through the night in an attempt to forestall the damn thing. If I am roused suddenly- by the postman, say, making an early morning delivery- it takes me hours to adjust to the change in consciousness. 

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[besideserato.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's another birthday coming up. I have thought of you a few times in the past few months. Strange to wonder what Tony Grist would do. But I didn't. I don't know you well enough to know what you would have done, so I did what I thought best. But I wanted to let you know, how much I respect you as a writer and as a thinker, though I've never met you, you've touched my life.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

We used to talk a lot. I've missed you.

The birthday that's coming up is my 60th. It feels strange. I'll be as old as my grandparents were when I first knew them.

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

I've missed you, too! Do you chat? I just started to do so again, but in a limited way. I'd love to add you to my contacts. Shoot me an e-mail at anaiis@gmail.com with your information for any chat program if you use it. I use Trillian, so I can accommodate. ;)