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Genealogy took over my life. It had almost taken over before and I had traveled to visit ancestral places but now it's a full fledged addiction. I plan to go back to England again and this summer my plans center around a car trip up through New Hampshire, Vermont and over into Canada. I just found out my maternal grandparents were born in Canada in a town that had been part of the USA.
I dress better because I can dress the way I want to, not the way I have to. I don't spend a lot of money on clothes but I will look for comfy shoes and clothing that expresses my own personality rather than the practical, work determined style.
My house is a mess. This is one part I do not especially like but with genealogy taking over, it means a lot of papers all over the place, boxes of old photos to be scanned, bins of charts and emails, letters, printouts, documents and such. Pre-retirement my living room was a museum.
This is the fourth morning in a row I'm awake at 5:00 a.m. Before this, a fire alarm wouldn't get me out of bed for anything. I find this new hour fascinating. I'm quietly up and walking around from window to window in the dark house (no, not sleepwalking as I did occasionally as a kid), fascinated by the thought that my part of the world is mostly asleep. It's kind of thrilling to think I'm still alive. I see no house lights and there's not a bit of traffic, not a single car. These three hours from 5 to 8 have so much potential and I've been squandering them in sleep all my life. And I'm getting some of the best ideas at this hour! Who knew there was life at 5 a.m.?
So this morning... I have no understanding of the science of chemistry, my brain won't wrap around it, but I'm curious now. I'm also drawn to reading about mapping chromosomes www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22266/, something I've never given a moment's thought to. I once tried taking a college level course in physics taught by a professor whose style was to teach "for dummies." It was as dry for me as autumn hay. Reading about it now is fascinating. Maybe there's scientific genius in my brain that just needs to be tapped at 5 a.m.
On a more mundane level, I've strangely taken up the habit of placing my keys, eyeglasses and flashlight on a tiny wooden red table I got at a tag sale. Since doing this I have much reduced anxiety about where these things are. The red table fits in with nothing in the house, and I kind of like it that way.
Buongiorno!
Last edited by RiverBird; 09-09-2013 at 04:18 AM..
^^ It's a great time of day to be awake. If you like walking, the weather is cool and pleasant at that hour of the day, and you get the bonus of seeing the sunrise. You may be surprised at how many other people you see up and about at that hour. Animals and birds are out, too. I think it's actually a natural time of day to be up. Over time, people altered the natural rhythm to suit the needs of the work world. Now that you're no longer working, your body is returning to an ancient instinct.
I don't use room darkening shades and the light wakes me up each morning. I enjoy that quiet time when no one else is up. It's the best part of the day for me.
Being flexible (body and mind) is the one thing I'm working on these days. I was sad yesterday, emptying flower pots and cutting back perennials before we leave for FL at the end of the week. DH was feeling the same, having to pull out the sailboat. It's earlier this year than usual. We compared notes last night and realized it was quite nice to do those jobs while it's warmer. We put off these chores to the very end of the season and it's always a cold day, making for a miserable day of work.
Daybreak is an hour later in FL than NY and I wake up in the dark for a while before my body resets. There's always re-organizing to do with the moves back and forth, so it's good use of that time to get mundane things done. Trying to make the best of what ever happens is my goal these days and is my daily challenge.
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I have no understanding of the science of chemistry, my brain won't wrap around it, but I'm curious now. I'm also drawn to reading about mapping chromosomes 
