Hump Day Poll: What Takes YOU Back?
In a world that is spiraling down the toilet ever changing, and sometimes not for the better, there are small things we can do to create little pockets of nostalgia from a simpler time. It's harder and harder to find things from your childhood and if you do, often they aren't the same. (I still lament the death of the taste of Chef Boy Ardee boxed pizza mix. Sigh) But for me, there are a few scents that I can rely on that are still out there. When we were dating, one of my favorite scents was that spray musk and I was tickled to still be able to find it! One spritz of it and I'm ready for a night on the town with the teenaged Mr in his Iroc. I was also happy to find Night Magic from Avon is still available and gives me that same feeling. My friend got it for me last year and with as much as I use it (rarely to never), I'll have it until I'm dust. (I did find the solid perfume compact in a bin and still have it if I want to be truly...
I always thought of myself as a night owl too but that changed with being an adult and pretty much having to be out the door by 7:30 every day. Now that I am teleworking full time during the pandemic I find it harder each day to even get out of bed in time to log in but somehow manage it anyway.
ReplyDeleteI'm somewhere in between. Like The Mr. I have been forced into becoming a bit of a morning person. To get to work on time I need to be out the door by 7:30, and if I want to fit in a short morning workout I need to be out of bed by 6:00. I have learned that morning workouts work best for me, as I am much more likely (95%) to skip an afternoon workout if left to my own devices. Now I get it done before I really know what is happening to my body. And I am back in bed for 10:00 and asleep for 10:45, as I usually read a little bit before turning out the light.
ReplyDeleteIf left to my own devices I would probably get up around 9:00 and in bed around midnight. I find I have the most amount of energy around lunch time. That is when I get stuff done. I like having a slow two hours to wake up and then I'm ready to get my day started.
I'm definitely a night owl. During the summers my sleep schedule gravitates that way - probaby I would end up somewhere around bed at 2-3am and sleep until 10-11am if I was left totally to my own devices. Because I have to adult though, I have to be up by 6 for work so I have to go to bed earlier than I'd like to. Working from home has seen me progressively staying up and getting up later and later.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting one because I'm such a horrible sleeper no matter what time of day it is. There has only been one time in my life that I slept like clockwork. It was during the year before I moved to Phoenix. I worked in Worker's Comp and had standard hours of 9 - 5. I'd be in bed by 9pm at the latest and up at 6am totally refreshed. That was over 25 years ago. LOL I'm very much a morning person where I prefer to be up early and get most of my errands and chores done in the morning if possible. There is something so mentally freeing for me to drag myself out of bed, get stuff done, and then know I have the whole afternoon to chill and do whatever I want, especially when a long nap is an option. Now with my new schedule for work, I get 3 hours of sleep at the most for 3 days, and God willing much more the other 4 days! Still working on that part...
ReplyDeleteNight owl but never really had a regular schedule. Some of my earliest memories are arguing with my parents trying to get me to stop playing and go to sleep. I think I used to talk to myself past midnight. I joke that I was born several weeks late and haven't been on time since.
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