Saturday, June 06, 2020

Good Morning



Time for the muses to wake up and inspire me.  wakey-wakey inspiration! When all else fails, I dig deep into the collection of photos, when that fails I pull out an image of a rude t-shirt, sign, or coffee mug.  That gets me talking. 

A search of YouTube failed to turn up a good, and properly accredited video of Robin Williams incredible opening scene in Good Morning Vietnam. 

I have to be a morning person, I drift off to sleep at 9:00 PM, I can't be a night person.  With the shift to working at home, I find myself being very productive in the morning, some mornings starting as early as 7:00 AM.  There is always a flurry of incoming emails late in the day, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM, I am learning to ignore them until the next day.  

I was starting to get fussed about working remotely, and then I talked with a friend, who is legal counsel for a health care facility. She was classified as essential and required to be her office.  Concerned about the safety of her family, she went 36 days without seeing her children.  With the schools closed, and her children's father being asked to return to his office, she is now trying to figure out child care.  Our call was delayed by a few minutes, while she went for her mandatory weekly nasal swab. The good news is her facility has the ability to test all staff weekly, the bad news is she needs to be tested weekly.  She said the worst part, was the endless stream of emails notifying her of deaths in the facility.  

My life is not so bad.  Rise and Shine, another day is upon us, Good Morning World! 

How is life with you this morning?    

20 comments:

  1. Your morning people!!!!!! Keep in down. The only good thing about mornings are the old reliable cock that comes acallin!

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  2. it's 1:20a and my insomnia has kicked in. I too do better in the morning. back to bed now.

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  3. I slept in until 8AM this morning, but it's gorgeous here in Smallville, so let's get this thing started!!!

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    1. The joys of sleeping late, have a great day!

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  4. Yeah, NOT a morning person myself. But, it's afternoon here, so OK. I'm better than I was... and that's not saying much.

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  5. I get up between 6:30 and 7 each morning, so I guess I'm a morning person. I get a lot done before noon, and my productivity goes down hill from then. My husband needs three meals a day due to his diabetes. If I were alone, I would only eat if I were hungry--I could survive on one good meal a day in mid-afternoon and then popcorn for supper.

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    1. For years I went on one meal and and a snack. Anymore and I need to eat more often but smaller meals

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  6. Perspective is everything, eh? It's gloomy and rainy here this morning. Good day to be on the computer!

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  7. In S. CO, the rain clouds are building and, hopefully, will produce some good rain! We really need the wet stuff and it is in the weather forecast!
    I wake up anywhere from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. If I sleep to 7 a.m., I say I have slept in. I've been retired since 2004 but my inner clock is still on worktime! Ugh!!

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    1. Getting up early happens to many of us as we age

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  8. Wow, that story made me feel a whole lot better about working from home & the boredom of isolation. In Phoenix the early heat wave has passed and today is quite pleasant.

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    1. Her experience has been painful, she has a colleague who works on trauma informed care, they need to spend some time together

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  9. Anonymous6/07/2020

    "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." Some of us aren't doing it too badly at all.

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    1. Cooler and drier here this morning. I should get out for a walk before it heats up.

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  10. Saturday mornings are always early to rise energy 'there's work to be done!' with breakfast at Einsteins and then Uncle Albertsons and a dog walk. It's a nice trio.

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    1. Your devotion to duties is duly noted.

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