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I'm a twentysomething MFA grad enjoying life in a state of flux, dreaming of Paris and San Francisco while loving the warm summer evenings in North Carolina. I'm a little irreverent, a little mercurial, with an uncanny knack for putting my foot in my mouth.
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Tag Archives: getting up early
I’m still awake. Why is that?
Got up at 5:40 this morning. (See? I’m too tired to even begin that sentence with “I.”) Had a busy day lined up and wanted to get a few hours of writing in before it officially started. Hopefully my early-morning writing abilities exceed my early-morning typing, talking, moving, and thinking abilities.
I spent the rest of [...]
A Different Kind of Thanksgiving
So, Wednesday and Thursday were rough, but the holiday weekend improved once the actual holiday was over and there were fewer reminders of all the family we weren’t seeing. The Thanksgiving dinner we had at John and Michelle’s was delicious, of course, and how’s this for random—one of their family friends who came over for [...]
I win.
Up by 5:45 this morning!
In bed by 8:30 last night, reading. Lights out by 9:30. Full night of sleep and I’m actually getting work done before Friday’s events begin.
Pink Rollers and Chinese Herbs
I did it! I finally got up at 6:00 a.m. (You can stop laughing now.) It only took about a month to accomplish this. I’ve had a handful of 6:30 mornings, and plenty of 7:00s, but today I finally made it up just a little after 6:00. Now we just have to see if I [...]
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