Prologue
Your time to shine refers to the time of the day that you prefer.
Question: Early bird, or night owl?
Seems like an easy question, right? I mean this is where I say, “Not so fast” and proceed to write a long form essay on the benefits of all the times of day, right? Not so fast on that not so fast. Honestly, how much can I be expected to writ about that particular subject? Thankfully, unlike yesterday, our “outdoor adventure” was not nearly as adventurous, either. This will be a quick post overall.
Today, Quinn and I walked with Lilo down to the library. Quinn wanted to check out a book and as has been established, when we have the time, Lilo and I go for a walk. Two birds and all that. Someone posted something on Facebook a few weeks ago that I shared. It said, “Adulthood is dumb. Nobody offers to show me a cool rock anymore.” It reminded me of a similar one that said, “Adulthood is dumb. Nobody asks me what my favorite dinosaur is” or something along those lines. When I shared both, I remarked that the person needed to find better friends.
I talk about cool rocks all the time. I’m not as into dinosaurs, but I will always sit and watch the latest Jurassic whatever with Quinn. Speaking of Quinn, he’s the reason I bring up these two ridiculous Facebook quandaries. During the walk, he asked the following question, “Do you think you can see Dynamax Pokemon from space?” I hope he never loses that curiosity. I know he will. We all do. What I really hope is that, like me, he finds it again.
Your Time To Shine
So, early bird or night owl? The answer to this question has, and always will be (I think), a night owl. Working as a teacher forced me to come to grips with the fact that there is a 6 am, too, but I never feel fully human until about 8 o’clock or so. I enjoy the silence of the house after 9 pm when everyone goes to bed. True, it is just as quiet at 5 am before everyone gets up, but I don’t feel like I have that freedom to watch 4 straight episodes of Portlandia or watch Deadpool again for the fifteenth time, as I did the other night with Aiden on the eve of the eve of his first day back to in person learning in over a year.
So, in spite of the fact that my alarm goes off every morning during the school year at 5:30 am, I stay up for just one more episode. Forget the fact that I’m actually awake at 4:00 am most mornings and can’t fall back to sleep because I’m worried about how the school day will go. I will still play some Minecraft or Atari 2600. That reminds me. I need to get that video recorded to upload. Maybe at 2 in the morning after I watch some ridiculous documentary about The Dana Carvey Show or Back to the Future.
Epilogue
Wednesday usually represents that day in vacation where I start to notice the passage of time and mourn (ever so slightly) my return to school. Today, that manifested as a shorter walk and more time on the computer to update the main 2 Guys Gaming page and this one. I will say that doesn’t leave much for tonight, so maybe I will actually get a chance to record that video for the YouTube page. After all, late at night is my time. What about you? What’s your time to shine?