Quiet Time

It happens all the time. In the middle of the night my medication wears thin and I wake up from my coma which is induced by what I refer to as my 'dumb-dumb pill.' It's actually medication I take two times daily and I won't go into detail. It makes me tired and thoughtless. My brain goes basically blank to the point that I can't even write a decent story. When it wears down, usually about 1:30 am, I am awake so I fire up the HP and go to work. I have found that this is the best time to work anyway. There is no traffic, the phones don't ring, nobody knocks on the door, the dog is in dreamland, and basically nobody in their right mind is awake unless graveyard work is required. That is the best time to write and my mind is fresh from the 3 1/2 hours sleep I just had so the ideas just come flowing into my head and out into Microsoft Word. Usually, I can crank out about 2,000 to 3,000 words before I decide to crawl back in bed and hop back out at 5:30. Then it's time to update everything, blogs, website, etc. then breakfast, a short walk and get on with the day after I take my 'dumb-dumb pill.' About 2:00pm, I am able to write again but not quite as productive as the early morning hours because no doubt my cell phone will ring or vibrate, someone calling or texting. It's an interuption but that's okay. I know that I will have quiet time later when everyone is in bed dreaming away.