my brain is programmed to despise early mornings

Dec 17, 2024

For years, (I don’t even know how many), I drove a school bus. That required getting up at the ass crack of dawn 5 mornings a week except for days when school was out. My schedule then has a lot to do with how I feel now about many things even though I stopped driving years ago.

Routines remain in your head after they are no longer routines.

I love snow! Part of the reason I love it is because back in my school bus days, it meant I could roll over and go back to sleep knowing school would either be delayed or closed.

no school yippee

Holidays? Same thing applies. The holidays that students were off from school I love. Those that didn’t rank for time off I could care less about. But one school bus routine I was thrilled to break…

Early mornings? I DESPISE them. I’m a night owl. For me, 8:00 AM is early so don’t ever call me before 9:00. This morning I had an early appointment that required me to have an alarm set for 7:00 AM.

Poor little Hugo is having surgery.

Hugo is the luckiest dog on the planet - week #51

Hugo, the abandoned little feller, was abandoned at the vet this morning to be neutered. I drug in him the door and to the scales — he was 35.4 pounds this morning. We did fine until some big golden doodle lumbered over to smell his butt. Hugo flipped his shit.

I told the girls I wasn’t sure if he would bite and that I watch him closely at home around people he’s not with all the time. I don’t know what he’s been through and I know he is extremely fearful. I told them to muzzle him if need be… boot camp is coming after Christmas.

3:30 PM will be here soon…

I pick Hugo up at 3:30 PM. The vet tech said he should be feeling pretty normal by Friday. Three days of recovery for a young dog is typical, she said. I’ll let you know if she was truthful.


Now you know: An off-duty nurse saved a boy’s life by giving him CPR when his heart stopped after he was hit in the chest with a baseball bat during a Little League game. Seven years later that same boy saved the nurse’s life by giving her the Heimlich maneuver after she started choking in a restaurant.