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The Simple-Minded Joys of Old Age
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My sleep pattern is a little different. While I was working I spent most in bed sleeping and very little time waking up to pee, if any. Then I "retired" found another job (basically to keep me busy). Eventually retired and my sleep pattern changed. I "wake up" after being in bed after two hours, pee, maybe let the dog out--she pees also. Then I sleep another two hours, pee time, then sleep three to four hours; then I get up, eat breakfast (takes an hour while reading anything--books, comic books, newspaper, various magazines (Sc-Am, Nat Geo, History, some newsletters) and take a nap in the recliner for one to two hours. Now I am ready to start the day. My books are in three genres--Fantasy and Sc-Fi, mysteries, and history. I write a weekly opinion column on any topic I want.
Today, just for fun, I had my gray beard dyed green for St. Patrick's Day. I may not be Irish or Celtic but I love both Scotland and Ireland. I've decided that this coming October, I will have my beard dyed Hot Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I have tried Nail Polish and had fun with that as well. Long involved story. (Another time)
A day without a nap is a hard day and needs some fun in it.
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@rollingf
Love the image of your green beard! And looking forward to October pink! Thanks for sharing about breakfast taking an hour. I wanted to get to my desk early today to start new phase of project...but simply could not leave kitchen without having read most of NYT, and then, (as today), getting sucked into "Late Night" - the column in which NYT columnists "stay up late so you don't have to," with 5 - 10 minutes clips of Best of Late Night. Aside from a couple legacy clients, I no longer work for monetary pay, but I'm doing research and mastering new formats for writing for a project that has grown out of family history research. Ultimately, it will become a screenplay for which I'll have done research, and which my daughter (a published script writer among other accomplishments) will turn into a play (and/or TV series and/or feature film...if any are produced 10 years from now). I'm debating between feeling guilty for reading paper and tickling brain with Late Night snippets before getting to work, or revelling in being formally "retired"? Clearly, I'm inclined to go with the latter. So refreshing to see someone whose retirement activities include the fanciful. Too easy to get sucked into "organ recital"s.
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@rollingf
That should be an amazing green beard!