good morning tuesday thoughts

[egg_shell]

Another day where I got up early - today only 5 am though. Maybe this is the perfect time to get up. I have a whole hour and a half then before I need to start breakfast for the grandboys. Hazel spent the night last night so I will be making a breakfast for her too. I have a rotating menu for the boys. I try to make things that use our chicken’s

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[olbuksings]

"Maybe this is the perfect time to get up."

Huh. I've been having the same problem, the getting up so early after a not-so-restful night, as well. And, just this morning, had the same thought as you. Is there something that I can do, before the start of what has been my regular routine, that I haven't otherwise been getting done or that could be done as well in this early part of the day? I guess I'll try it and see how it works out. And good luck with yours...

[egg_shell]

This sleepless thing is a problem for us mature folks I guess. I remember my dad being up in the middle of the night and baking "healthy" cookies frequently. I think I am just going to not fight it and make use of it like Dad did. Luckily I can nap most any time I want in the day.

The day I got up at 4 I got a LOT done - cleaned the whole kitchen, cleaned the coffee pot, worked on jewelry. Getting up in the middle of the night can be a good thing!

[rosegardenfae]

I wake up early every morning, 4 or 5 and have to get out of bed or the "bad" thoughts get. really bad. I jump right into doing chores, maybe I'd be better off if I spent my time quietly in meditation?

[egg_shell]

I think either thing is good - get a jump on the chores or meditate - the important thing is to get out of bed! Lying there is the worst.

[mallorys_camera]

I have a melancholic disposition, too. Not depressive. Melancholy. Like I'm always aware of the transience of it all.

I just kind of go with it.

Kids have more taste buds! I remember reading somewhere that we lose more than half our tastebuds by the time we get to our age. So, yes: They really are tasting things differently.

[egg_shell]

Me too - melancholic. Though at times it feels DEPRESSING!

I still have hot flashes - and now more so since I am taking a certain drug for the cancer (cuts down on estrogen). I am the only person I have met so far who gets a wave of depressing, horrible thoughts just before a hot flash strikes. It's weird. Out of nowhere I suddenly have thoughts of hopelessness and terrible doom. Within a minute a hot flash will start and the worst of the thoughts will go away. Now I'm getting used it and when the thoughts come I wait for the heat. I wonder now if some of these doom filled nights start with a pre-hot flash wave of hormones and then go on from there.

The grandboys are vegans so they have given up lots of tastes anyway and are happy.

[mallorys_camera]

That is so interesting about the hot flashes and the feelings of doom. You know, that presentation can occur sometimes with subclinical allergic reactions.

I'd have to say that most-though by no means all-of the highly creative people I know are melancholic. For me, it's really distinct from depression. For one thing, melancholy doesn't seem to sap my energy. If anything, it makes me more creative because I sense that there's some bigger picture there, and I want to find a way to get in touch with it.

[shutterbug]

Part of what makes cheese tasty is the salt they add. So maybe add a little more salt or seasoning to make up for lack of cheese for yourself?