I tell all my friends that if they have insomnia they can always call or text me. Sometimes it is just a long chat on Facebook or texting.

It is just worse since COVID

Aristus

(72,520 posts)

15. Fort Worth is my favorite of the Texas accents.

Reply to yellowdogintexas (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:10 AM

Apr 2020

See? Anybody raised outside of Texas wouldn't understand that. There are many different accents in Texas, and Forth Worth is one of my favorites.

TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)

20. Yes, I've been asked by other Texans where I'm from due to my accent.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #15)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:23 AM

Apr 2020

I grew up with the South Texas drawl where people talk slow. It's an interesting contrast from the East Texas accent which is closer to that heard in the other "confederate" states.

Just waking up from an evening nap and about to raid the fridge for a bottle of Purple Haze.

Rhiannon12866

(258,780 posts)

13. We're still here...

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:08 AM

Apr 2020

Aristus

(72,520 posts)

16. Keep on keeping on.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #13)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:11 AM

Apr 2020

If I could choose to be a bird, I'd be an owl. No question about it...

Harker

(18,155 posts)

17. Ignoring Doris Miller...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #13)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:14 AM

Apr 2020

Rhiannon12866

(258,780 posts)

19. No longer...

Reply to Harker (Reply #17)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:22 AM

Apr 2020

I was dealing with Bill Maher since it's Friday.

Midnight Writer

(25,740 posts)

18. I'm up for the night. Not unusual for me.

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Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:22 AM

Apr 2020

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,386 posts)

21. Hoot.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:31 AM

Apr 2020

Here on DU tonight

Aristus

(72,520 posts)

23. Welcome...

Reply to I_UndergroundPanther (Reply #21)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:33 AM

Apr 2020

diva77

(7,880 posts)

22. Now that the streets are deserted around here, an owl has established itself in a tree

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:32 AM

Apr 2020

at a previously busy intersection. Such a soothing sound.

What happens at the witching hour?

Aristus

(72,520 posts)

24. It depends on where you are when the hour comes.

Reply to diva77 (Reply #22)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:36 AM

Apr 2020

I've been deep in the woods as the midnight hour struck.

There's something primal about being so far from artificial light, warmth, comfort, certainty.

Something entrancing about the silence, the slow, unhurried nighttime breeze ruffling the leaves.

Something slightly disconcerting about wondering if something is behind you.

Something exhilarating about being awake when everyone else is asleep and snug in their beds.

diva77

(7,880 posts)

25. A beautifully composed answer with eloquent prose. Thank you!

Reply to Aristus (Reply #24)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:40 AM

Apr 2020

Aristus

(72,520 posts)

26. Pretty good, huh?

Reply to diva77 (Reply #25)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:42 AM

Apr 2020

Only using two brain cells, too...

diva77

(7,880 posts)

27. haha! all of a sudden I am reminded of something said by the character played by Rip Torn in

Reply to Aristus (Reply #26)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:48 AM

Apr 2020

in "Defending your life"

Aristus

(72,520 posts)

28. Yeah, fun film.

Reply to diva77 (Reply #27)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:50 AM

Apr 2020

something about circling the square.

It's been thirty years since I've seen the film...

Laffy Kat

(16,990 posts)

29. I'm here. I don't even think about bed until 2:00 or so.

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Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:57 AM

Apr 2020

Aristus

(72,520 posts)

30. I'm thinking about it pretty soon.

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #29)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 02:01 AM

Apr 2020

But mostly because I try to get some reading in before I crash...

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)

31. I'm here. I have insomnia all the time.

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Sat Apr 25, 2020, 02:38 AM

Apr 2020

cvoogt

(949 posts)

32. I have lunch for breakfast

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 02:42 AM

Apr 2020

.. on weekends, anyway.

love_katz

(3,283 posts)

33. Still up f.

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Sat Apr 25, 2020, 02:53 AM

Apr 2020

fierywoman

(8,630 posts)

34. Eccomi qua!

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Sat Apr 25, 2020, 02:54 AM

Apr 2020

Skittles

(172,852 posts)

35. here

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Sat Apr 25, 2020, 03:36 AM

Apr 2020

Kaleva

(40,431 posts)

36. Got the dishwasher going, paid bills, updated registers and budget, made shopping list,

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 03:57 AM

Apr 2020

updated my daily things to do list and got homemade meatloaf thawing on the kitchen counter. Going to hand wash the dishes that can't be put in the dishwasher or won't fit.

Exhausted from raking the yard yesterday and working in the vegetable garden, I went to bed early last night and already have my 6 hours of sleep in.

I'll head to town when it starts getting light to rake the yard at the small house, do some shopping when the store opens up and then deposit money at the bank.

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