Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Rosa sat...

rosa sat
so martin could walk.
martin walked
so barack could run.
barack is running
so our children can fly.

Happy Election Day! Yes we can! Yes we will!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Giving Up the Alarm Clock

Less than 24 hours of GOTV left. Otherwise...

I have, over the past few weeks, given up the alarm clock. Since I work from home, many morning I do not have a commitment before 9:00am. I have started going to bed when I am tired, usually around 11pm, and I envision, as I fall asleep, waking up at 8am. I have found that my body wakes up pretty reliably between 8:00am and 8:15am. This gives me plenty of time to get out of bed, go outside for a few minutes of sunshine to fully wake up, have some coffee and/or take a shower, and get to work in the home-office/dining room by 9am. It is glorious. No loud, beeping alarm to startle me awake. Instead, I just open my eyes, roll over, and realize, Yep, it's time to get out of bed. This plan is not fool-proof, there have been a few mornings I have woken up at 8:55am, and rush downstairs to get cracking in 5 minutes. And some mornings an important meeting at 9am or early necessitates an alarm clock.

However, for the most part, my body seems quite capable of waking up by 8:30am and much happier to wake up on its own. It is absolutely a gift to be working from home, allowing me to sleep and wake to my own particular rhythm. The absence of a rude awakening may be what has kept my sanity intact during this ridiculous campaign season!