The Wee Hours

Hey you!

I know you have been swamped with the recent move, the new job and kids, so I imagine you have been getting up earlier and earlier just to get a few things done without a million interruptions.  

I remember when I was younger and my parents would voluntarily get up at 5am, before everyone was awake, even on the weekends.  I always thought that was so bizarre - why wouldn't you sleep for as long as you possibly could?  What could be so important that you would have to get up at 5am to do it?  And is this why they were nearly narcoleptic at 9pm on the couch every night?

Now, I understand.  Now I realize that the only time of the day during which there are no children, and one is not yet worn out by a day with children, is at 5 in the morning.  

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