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OldBaldy1701E

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19. Although the times when life only ran in daylight hours has long passed
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 09:28 AM
Feb 2023

I am from the last of that time and I still always feel much more 'safe' at night due to this. It is during the day when one gets all the calla and demands and intrusions. At night, everything 'official' was closed. I always preferred night to day. This may have been a part of the decision to pursue an entertainment career. (Originally, like many actors, I was only thinking about theatre. The other mediums would have been nice, but film and television are usually confined to a very few places. Theatre happens anywhere there is a 'stage'.

Then life in these United States came crashing in and I had to take another job to survive. Almost two decades of land suveying made me a morning person whether I like it or not. And, now that I am decrepit and feeble, I can't even make it to midnight anymore, even with an afternoon nap. The loss of my stamina is one of the saddest things in my opinion. I HATE THAT I CANNOT DO MUCH OF ANYTHING ANYMORE!! (Sorry for the shouting, but I am past being destroyed over this. I just want it all to end.)

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I do everything I can to avoid bed. RandySF Feb 2023 #1
I'm sorry XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #4
It's TOTALLY irrational. RandySF Feb 2023 #7
... SheltieLover Feb 2023 #6
Yes. I have a couple small low wattage lamps. Tetrachloride Feb 2023 #2
I love All Creatures XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #5
I read ebooks on phone. SheltieLover Feb 2023 #8
When I am in a depressed state... purr-rat beauty Feb 2023 #3
I read ebooks on phone SheltieLover Feb 2023 #9
I'd be fine if it wasn't for the footsteps in the hall. TreasonousBastard Feb 2023 #10
Lol! XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #14
I'm a night owl too, but I would guess the feeling whathehell Feb 2023 #11
Mr X is here in the apt XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #13
Oh. I see.. whathehell Feb 2023 #17
Depends on his meds XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #20
Yes, it sounds like it. whathehell Feb 2023 #21
I told my psych XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #22
Do you think that's what's making him sleepy? whathehell Feb 2023 #24
He takes pain killers XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #25
I see.. whathehell Feb 2023 #26
It is the daytime that makes me uneasy. delisen Feb 2023 #12
Although the times when life only ran in daylight hours has long passed OldBaldy1701E Feb 2023 #19
From back in the eighties, when I raised show Chows ... UpInArms Feb 2023 #15
Yes, since I have has insomnia since...forever! BigmanPigman Feb 2023 #16
In sorry XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #23
Night time is when little Carys comes out of her shell and loves to play and cuddle Siwsan Feb 2023 #18
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