tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post860834817378652010..comments2023-11-05T02:43:58.241-05:00Comments on Mimi on the Breach: Burning the midnight oilMimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-50444620144910071362007-04-18T16:29:00.000-04:002007-04-18T16:29:00.000-04:00I know *exactly* what you mean. There is somethin...I know *exactly* what you mean. There is something really liberating about sitting in front of a glowing screen while the rest of the world sleeps--especially in an empty building. It's quintessential Splendid Isolation.gingajoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356643079413822527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-59081382584925375942007-04-16T22:53:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:53:00.000-04:00Like Sage, I stay up until about 1 every night but...Like Sage, I stay up until about 1 every night but then my girl doesn't go down until 9:30 and sometimes as late as 10. Nope, there are no night-time errands for me.Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-23760519001470707482007-04-16T21:17:00.000-04:002007-04-16T21:17:00.000-04:00Agree! When I was working in an office there was n...Agree! When I was working in an office there was nothing as productive (or smugly satisfying) as working on a weekend. You just get so much more done somehow. <BR/><BR/>And I agree with Denguy...when my "jobs" like putting the photos in the album or sorting the kids clothes gets too far behind I stay up until 1-2am and just do it. It feels good, even if I pay for it the next day. Sometimes I justJeniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100043209000589029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-2043091937688810672007-04-16T13:58:00.000-04:002007-04-16T13:58:00.000-04:00Poor time management - my biggest weakness. Amazin...Poor time management - my biggest weakness. Amazing how high I feel when the motivation finally hits me to get stuff done. I wish they made a pill that would make me feel that way every day. Well, they probably do, I'd just have to buy it on the street and I'm so not a junkie.<BR/><BR/>Ah well...good for you for getting your work done and making good on your promise. Hopefully your comments were Melanie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01542313652003967176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-2676420849702334082007-04-16T11:44:00.000-04:002007-04-16T11:44:00.000-04:00Like Slouching Mom I miss the darkness. And I do l...Like Slouching Mom I miss the darkness. And I do like Denguy -- pick a day when I can stay up until midnight doing whatever the heck I want, and then acknowledge I'll be suffering for it the next day!<BR/><BR/>The first time I really missed my pre-baby freedom came one late afternoon when Blake was about 7 months old. I watched a group of people riding mt bikes down my street toward the trails Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-58579678058205372272007-04-16T11:14:00.000-04:002007-04-16T11:14:00.000-04:00I always get more work done when no one else is in...I always get more work done when no one else is in the office. No distractions. Strangely, I find it hard to get work done at home when no one is there. My first instinct (which is never my instinct when I have company) is to clean!<BR/><BR/>I am still a night owl, though. It's rare to get to bed before midnight or even 1:00 am most nights. Apparently I function (most likely not optimally) NotSoSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782162947524115936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-28022763849493482212007-04-16T10:55:00.000-04:002007-04-16T10:55:00.000-04:00Uninterrupted time to work is amazing, isn't it? ...Uninterrupted time to work is amazing, isn't it? I can get so much done. I have thank my parents and Mr Earth for being able to write 2 papers in one weekend.Run ANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088821030860597465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-64771910988361368772007-04-16T10:38:00.000-04:002007-04-16T10:38:00.000-04:00Slouching Mom -- me too! I miss nighttime, but (l...Slouching Mom -- me too! I miss nighttime, but (like Beck) my definition of 'late' is radically altered now. But sometimes I do errands just to see the dark, too.<BR/><BR/>Denguy -- did you see the Drabble comic this w/e? It's on our fridge: the dad tucks everyone into bed and then gloats that he has the whole house to himself ... and falls asleep in front of the TV. Just like Pynchon does, Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-15634270323837363752007-04-16T08:27:00.000-04:002007-04-16T08:27:00.000-04:00I feel MOST nostalgic for those lazy, crazy pre-ch...I feel MOST nostalgic for those lazy, crazy pre-child days when I'm swamped with marking and I catch myself imagining what it would be like to have the mental alertness to stay up until 1 am finishing a stack of papers off, and then sleep until 10 the next morning. Even the three-hour hiatus between 5 and 8, when no work can be done, starts to feel oppressive when I'm swamped.<BR/><BR/>I rarely Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-82367542882355658962007-04-16T07:45:00.000-04:002007-04-16T07:45:00.000-04:00some nights i go out to the supermarket or on othe...some nights i go out to the supermarket or on other errands just to be out at night.<BR/><BR/>i miss seeing the night. the only time i see the night lately is when i have a meeting to go to or when we have a sitter.<BR/><BR/>so if an outside chore pops up, and it can be done at night, i leap at the chance.<BR/><BR/>how sad is that?Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-41425835049906744882007-04-16T07:04:00.000-04:002007-04-16T07:04:00.000-04:00I'm always amused by what I consider a late night ...I'm always amused by what I consider a late night these days - ALL RIGHT! I'm up until TEN!Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-23252990960194656832007-04-15T23:26:00.000-04:002007-04-15T23:26:00.000-04:00I know what you mean about "freeing". I often pick...I know what you mean about "freeing". I often pick one night per week to stay up late (11-ish) so that I may do whatever I like without ANY interference.<BR/>I <I>need</I> it.11111111https://www.blogger.com/profile/10642068570509276596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-79426893176676938392007-04-15T23:09:00.000-04:002007-04-15T23:09:00.000-04:00I sometimes think that I feel like such a failure ...I sometimes think that I feel like such a failure in my job these days preceisely b/c I don't have the luxury of time to come in at odd hours any more. It's not that ever did it often but the knowledge that I could was always mentally freeing.Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-21458889617684146512007-04-15T22:13:00.000-04:002007-04-15T22:13:00.000-04:00A little bit of time doing what you could do pre b...A little bit of time doing what you could do pre baby is so....refreshing, yet so unfamiliar.crazymummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663148723513574331noreply@blogger.com