Bedtime and Wake Up Times

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Why do you want to know? Just kidding. I go to bed early and some friends say it is way too early because most of them go to bed at around 11 or 11:30 p.m. or much later. I would like to stay up later but when 8 p.m. rolls around my eyes and my yawns tell me it is time to head to bed for a goodnight’s rest. Some days it is easy. My head hits the pillow and I am off to dreamland. Other days, well, Chachi comes into play. The little brat wants to play and when he sees me dozing off, he jumps over my head. He is a precisionist and I don’t know how he does it, but jumping on the bed and missing my face by mere inches is a skill he has mastered. However, it doesn’t calm the nerves and when he has my attention, my full attention, he jumps off and goes on his merry way. Those days, it takes a little while longer for me to fall asleep.

Wake up time is usually 5:30 in the morning. Not because I want to but because Little Macho dictates it that way. This morning it was 5 a.m. and I was ready to wring his neck but instead he got a kiss, a few kisses actually. At this rate, he’ll never learn but who cares. We headed downstairs and it was still dark outside. By 8:30, I had finished everything I needed to do! So I took off to the convenience store in the village to pick up a few things, made small talk with a neighbor and came back feeling like my day was almost over!

Nothing set in stone but that’s the routine most days as far as going to bed and my waking up times. What do I do the rest of the day? I’ve got to keep moving so I find things or places in the house to clean out, go for walks, write and sip on tea. I have a laid-back vibe going and I’m liking it because it is giving “stress” a run for the money AND winning!

Daily writing prompt
What time do you go to bed and wake up currently?