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prompting tired
May. 6th, 2009 10:28 amOne of the various prompt comms says today's prompt is "Tired."
I don't think I need fiction to describe tiredness. My usual bedtime is about 2am. It finally gets quiet around midnight. It's quieter after dark has fully settled. Sunlight holds the noise down close to the Earth. But around midnight there stop being cars non-stop on the street outside, the neighbors (and their hellspawn) have gone to sleep. I hate missing that time.
However, due to travel plans requiring me to be awake at oh-dark-fifteen several timezones earlier than here... I have been trying to backtrack my schedule. This morning was harsh because I went to bed at 2:30am and the alarm rang at 5:07.
Between the timezone differences and the farmhouse type schedule, breakfast is going to be served at 3am PDT. This is going to suck so hard. I should have been starting this schedule adjustment a month ago because 10 minutes a day would have been a lot easier than an hour. And it's still preternaturally quiet at dawn, so I'm missing a lot of primo time that might be worth getting up early for.
There's a line from "The Difference" by Matchbox Twenty, "In the quiet moments while the city's still dark" that reminds me of why this whole day-waking societal expectation is irksome. Of course if everyone kept my hours, it would be loud at night and I would have to be contrary and be awake during the day instead.
Right now I'm feeling very contrary. Like a toddler without a nap.
I don't think I need fiction to describe tiredness. My usual bedtime is about 2am. It finally gets quiet around midnight. It's quieter after dark has fully settled. Sunlight holds the noise down close to the Earth. But around midnight there stop being cars non-stop on the street outside, the neighbors (and their hellspawn) have gone to sleep. I hate missing that time.
However, due to travel plans requiring me to be awake at oh-dark-fifteen several timezones earlier than here... I have been trying to backtrack my schedule. This morning was harsh because I went to bed at 2:30am and the alarm rang at 5:07.
Between the timezone differences and the farmhouse type schedule, breakfast is going to be served at 3am PDT. This is going to suck so hard. I should have been starting this schedule adjustment a month ago because 10 minutes a day would have been a lot easier than an hour. And it's still preternaturally quiet at dawn, so I'm missing a lot of primo time that might be worth getting up early for.
There's a line from "The Difference" by Matchbox Twenty, "In the quiet moments while the city's still dark" that reminds me of why this whole day-waking societal expectation is irksome. Of course if everyone kept my hours, it would be loud at night and I would have to be contrary and be awake during the day instead.
Right now I'm feeling very contrary. Like a toddler without a nap.
