what 6:00 AM looks like in Indiana

Jul 15, 2026

I drove a school bus for decades. Of course, that meant at certain times of the year I’d already left home before daylight. I hated getting up early, and knew that once I stopped the school bus gig I’d be sleeping in. And I have…

…until the last week or so.

Still struggling with my back/hip/leg/whatever this is has me wide awake by 4:30 every single morning. No matter what time I go to bed, I’m up at 4:30 AM.

The dogs love this new routine — except for Hugo.

Hugo loves sleeping in and is in sync with my old sleep routine. The other 2 hounds think breakfast needs to be served about 4 hours earlier since I’m up and they’ve already been outside.

I’m hoping my sleep gets back to normal soon.


Now you know: When Shirley Temple retired from movies at age 22 in 1950, she discovered that her father had “drastically mismanaged” her money by making bad investments. Out of the $3.2 million she had earned during her career, only $44K remained in her trust account. She said “I wasn’t upset; I was shocked.”