EARLY MORNING

Good Morning! It is only 7:48AM. The earliest I have started my blog, of course I have no idea when I will finish and send it out.

I was tired last Night so I went to bed right after Jamie about 9:30. Well I am one who generally can't lay in bed more than seven hours, so I was wide awake and got up at 4:30AM. What do you do on a Minnesota Winter Morning at 4:30? Good God, the world is still dead asleep and it is nearly three hours before light begins to dawn. For the last 16 years of my working life I arose at 5:30AM and that was very early 6 months out of the year.

Seasons are really remarkable and the light makes a great deal of difference. The days are getting longer and we will notice it before the end of this month. When I was working at Anoka it took me about an hour to get home. I used to mark my birthday [Jan 24] by trying to get home without turning on the headlights. We got off at 4:30 and if I got out in time I could just make it. I would arrive home at 5:30 when the car lights should be on. No I didn't play this game to the extent of being dangerous, however the last couple miles were on gravel roads and no traffic.

My life is returning to normal. I took over washing the dishes a few days ago. It is a chore I enjoy doing and to Jamie it is just a chore. She says it is because she was forced [or strongly expected] to do them as a child. I loved hanging around the kitchen as a child, after all that is where my Mother was, but I didn't have any chores. My chores were cleaning the ashes out of the furnace and hauling them outside [Coal furnace]. In the Summer it was mowing the lawn with a non-power push mower and weeding the garden.

As I get healthier I also get more accustomed to my new digs. I need more to do, both at a physical level and an intellectual level. I know I can't push myself, my limits are still close. I am reminded of that every time I go up and down the aisle of the grocery store. It would be a good idea to keep the idiot box off and read more. I have several things I have been looking forward to reading it is time to pick them up.

I also could write more. I have contemplated writing a book for some time. I haven't settled on the big picture of the book. When I do, it will just be a matter of forming at outline and then the daily ritual of writing.

Well it is time for my mid-morning nap so I will put an end to this non-typical blog.

Love and Peace, Gregg