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In wonderful scheduling news, my 8:30 has been moved to 9:30. For my colleagues in the eastern time zone, this means they get a short lunch before returning to their desks. They suggested it. Huzzah, huzzah.

In stress news, i woke thinking of work. I am not scheduled to death this week, and so my brain is trying to sort out priorities. They all squeal for attention.

In, "I'm turning into my mother," news, i realized it was so as i was washing up dishes before 6 am.

In Grammar news, a question: I know the commas offsetting the quoted section above is correct for a quotation, to indicate someone speaking. But is it correct for the use i've applied? I think it's silly, and normally would have left them out. It seems quoted phrases, when not indicating a direct quotation, should be treated differently, more in the flow of the sentence. No pause.

In moon news, it hangs high overhead at 6 am, its half illumined face shining down on the deck, stars spangled out around it. A fine layer of clouds with gauzy braids shimmers between moon and earth.

( We now turn to our lead story, my energy level yesterday. )

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Yesterday's journal entry was not meant to hint at insomnia. I'm a naturally early riser and, with early meetings, even more so.

This morning, however, i must have been dreaming about work and rose to awareness just at 4 am, and woke because i was alone. Christine joined me moments later, but confessed she'd been up all night writing her paper. My mind went to full engagement with some mistaken documentation that was produced yesterday and my frustration around that. My tricks for falling back to sleep didn't come through, and my digestive system seems all upset, and now it's time to get up.

Given the documentation issues and a Meeting-related email, i diagnose myself as having a bad case of "Can't Sleep, Something's Wrong on the Inter/Intranet."

The good news: when Christine comes home from class i'll be delighted to get a nap.

The bad news: I need to spend the early morning on unrelated things, not the wrong stuff on the intranet that had me irked.

So, off to time block off the agenda writing and meeting reminders for the next hour (interrupted by cat care).