Shannon Stacey


That better not be a sunrise over there

I am the most incredibly anti-morning person you could ever hope to meet. It takes me hours to fall asleep, even when I’m tired. I hate mornings. I don’t like to get out of bed and I make people suffer for it. And here I am at 5:09 am with a decision to make. I just shipped the next round of Roadtrip edits off (finally, I know) and I’m pretty freakin tired now. (Why was I up til 5:09 doing this? Long, boring story.)

So I can just stay up. Of course, I haven’t pulled an all-nighter in years and I doubt the short kid will let me take a nap at any point tomorrow.

Or I can crash now. The husband gets up in a half-hour. (Hmm…the coffee kicks on at 5:35) I’d get an hour and forty-five minutes of sleep. The question is…is that better or worse than skipping it altogether?

I don’t know.

I think I’ll just go sit on the couch for a minute and think about it. If I’m still awake at 5:35 when the smell of Folgers wafts my way, I’ll take that as a sign.

(As an indicator of my mental capabilities should I not sleep, I’m presently singing “wafts my way” a la Aerosmith and Run DMC.)

(And I’m typing slow tonight. This morning. It’s already 5:17. Dammit.)

Update: 7:37 am. I’m up. The husband even made an early morning Dunkin Donuts run so I get to jump right into the iced coffee.

I guess the remnants of Katrina are supposed to visit tday. Lots of rain with something like 90% of the state under a flood watch. And no, I’m not complaining. Just wishing we owned umbrellas.

Update: 8:35 am. Backed into subcontractor’s Blazer. Yes, we have a monster tow hitch. No, it’s not catastrophic, but his licence plate holder, which is part of the molded bumper, is no longer attached.

8 comments to “That better not be a sunrise over there”

  1. Anna Lucia
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      · August 31st, 2005 at 8:02 am · Link

    You’re bringing sleep-deprived to whole new levels, babe… :wink:

    Congrats on the edits. :clap:



  2. Rae
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      · August 31st, 2005 at 8:30 am · Link

    Katrina isn’t so bad now. More of a mist here than anything. Reminds me of the British rains.

    I agree with you on the whole morning thing as I sit here chugging:coffee:.

    Congrats on the edits! :cheer: gooooooshannongoooooooooooo



  3. Jaci
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      · August 31st, 2005 at 8:55 am · Link

    dear god. you finally did it. you sent it in.

    Go to bed, woman. You need a celebratory nap. :cheer:

    I’m so damn proud i could just sob.



  4. Suzanne
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      · August 31st, 2005 at 10:43 am · Link

    Hugs, Shannon! What a morning! I hope you can get a nap and maybe a hot bath with a glass of wine.



  5. Dee
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      · August 31st, 2005 at 11:52 am · Link

    Yay Shan on getting those edits out! WOOHOOO!

    Bummer on the lack of sleep, though.

    Smooches,
    Dee



  6. Charlene
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      · August 31st, 2005 at 4:59 pm · Link

    Hooray on sending in the edits! :cheer:

    I think you made the right call on sleep. Sometimes just an hour is much worse than none. But keep the coffee going. :nod:



  7. Ann
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      · September 1st, 2005 at 5:21 am · Link

    :clap:

    Yay! Ya deeed eet!



  8. Shannon
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      · September 1st, 2005 at 9:09 am · Link

    I was crashed on the couch by a little after nine. I woke up at 7 this morning very, very confused. :crazy:

    But my heads’s not fuzzy anymore and I’ve made it to 9am without hitting anybody with the truck. :thumb:

    Thanks, everybody, for the yays. :kiss:







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