Blog: tracker's place

BCOF Prompt Juneteenth

Thursday
June 19, 2024
5:10 pm WdC time



Prompt: What is your night time ritual like? Has it evolved with you over time?

When you get to be my age, rituals are broken down by several decades combined as one.

Growing up had strict schedule. Bath, teeth, bed by 8pm. When I was in high school bedtime moved to 9pm. I was a wannabe morning person.

College: Shower, teeth, and bed by whenever. Moving toward night person.

Kids: Quick shower, swipe them teeth, up at 4:30 am, worked 5 am to 1:30 pm, left work to pick kids up from school take them to different practice fields for sports, soccer and baseball/softball, supper mostly pizza, collapsed in bed by 9:00pm.The kids had a bedtime of 7 pm until they were in middle school.

Kids married and gone: Sleep until almost noon. Long, long hot showers, brushed and flossed those teeth, and to work by 3pm. Totally a night person. Did not see the sunrise, except maybe when I was sick or the cat woke me up early, for years.

Skip to being a VOP (Very Old Person). Up most days before noon, shower optional, day spent doing what I feel like doing along with daily chores, nighttime is the best when the rest of the house is asleep. Usually fit in a shower, pampering, and writing/reviewing/emailing. Around 2 to 3 am I am working an online jigsaw puzzle and playing a few rounds of mahjongg and words with friends to wind down. This morning I went to sleep at 3 and the dog woke me to go out at 4:57 am. Up for a minute or ten then slept until 11ish. I am just now hitting my stride. The family is out so my tunes are blaring while I will not start work on math homework.

Aren't you glad you posed the question?