It's late ... check in, nightowls ...

[fishwax]

Who's still around? And what are you doing up at this hour? :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'm still up, my dear fishwax...

But not for long!

It's past midnight here...

I was just helping a poster with questions about how to post photos, and I want to see if s/he has any questions or comments!

I also want to see if anyone else posts in my poem/pic thread!

:hi:

[fishwax]

9. congrats for hanging in so long

:)

I'll seek out your poem thread ...

:hi:

[Heidi]

2. Hi, fishwax!

It's 9:36 a.m. here. I'd feel guilty if I weren't up. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Heidi!

How lovely to see you on this Sunday morning!

I hope your world is being good to you!

:loveya:

[Heidi]

17. Sweet dreams, Peggy.

:hug:

[fishwax]

10. Good morning to you, Heidi!

It's 9:36 a.m. here. I'd feel guilty if I weren't up. :hi:

I must admit, I'm often not up at 9:36 a.m., and today will be no exception :) But I've got a weird schedule, so what can I say ;)

:hi:

[Heidi]

11. Ha!

I've always been a morning person. I can get more done when CMW and The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger are still snoozin'. ;)

Nice to see you, and sweet dreams when you head toward sleep. :hug:

[fishwax]

18. Thanks Heidi

Nice to see you, and sweet dreams when you head toward sleep. :hug:

And I wish you a productive morning before the rest awake :hug: :hi:

[Richard Steele]

3. I'm drinkin' and postin', as is my wont.

Debating whether or not to go look for something
on TV. Sweetie has a pair of shoes that need repair,
and I can do that on the sofa while I listen to TV.

[fishwax]

12. Drinkin' and postin' is a mighty fine hobby

:)

I gave up on TV, though ... this time of night it's all "paid programming" around here, so I'm watching old episodes of Cheers on DVD :shrug:

:hi:

[enigmatic]

5. I'm always up

:hi:

[fishwax]

14. I feel that way myself

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

25. Hi e!

So nice to see you!!

:hi:

[enigmatic]

38. Hey SG!

:hug:

I hope you're doing ok; it's busy season at the hotel so I'm hanging on by the skin of my teeth:D

[SeattleGirl]

40. Gosh, I bet you are!

Life could be better for me; my main concern right now is the health of my mom, which isn't so very good.

Hopefully, though, between me and my siblings and our spouses, we can help pull her through.

I hope the holiday season isn't totally crazy for you. :hug:

[BreweryYardRat]

6. I'm up. BitTorrent's being bitchy, and I've got some downloads in the 90% range.

I'd kind of like to get those done tonight.

[fishwax]

15. A watched torrent never finishes

I think that's the modern equivalent to "a watched pot never boils" :)

Here's hoping they finish soon :toast:

[SeattleGirl]

7. Hi fishwax!

I'm posting with one eye open. Drove to Oregon today (300 miles). Not that bad a trip, but I swear, I've driven it so many times over the past 25 years, it's mind numbing.

:hi:

[fishwax]

19. as long as you drove with both eyes open, you're welcome to post with

one eye open :)

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

24. Both eyes definitely open for the trip.

A few months ago, when I was driving back to Seattle from Oregon, I got so tired I started falling asleep behind the wheel.

So, in the interest of keeping myself and others alive, I pulled off the freeway at Woodburn, OR, and parked in the parking lot of a large store. Put the seat back, and gave myself a 20 minute power nap. I was so refreshed after that, I was fine the rest of the way home.

[fishwax]

28. Good to hear :) In my worst "driving tired" experience

I saw Sasquatch. He was riding on roller-blades, and he passed me (which I didn't mind) and then he CUT ME OFF! (which ticked me off, naturally).

Fortunately I was in the middle of Wyoming, so there was nobody else around, but I was wide awake from there on out ;)

[SeattleGirl]

36. Holy crap!

That is NOT good! Glad you woke up!

[fishwax]

37. well, I would swear I was awake the whole time

;)

But, yeah, I'm glad I woke up too :scared:

Sleep deprivation is a helluva drug--not recommended for driving ...

:)

[Der Blaue Engel]

8. Always up at this hour

I have sleep aversion. :hi:

[fishwax]

20. haha -- sleep aversion -- I can relate, especially on Saturday night

I've always dreaded falling asleep on Saturday night, because to sleep on Saturday night is to acknowledge that the weekend won't last forever :(

I no longer have a traditional Monday through Friday job, but sleep aversion on Saturday night remains an important factor in my life :rofl:

[Der Blaue Engel]

23. I hate going to sleep because it means another day of my life is gone

As long as I stay up, I remain a day younger. :rofl:

And I've always hated Sundays too: the harbinger of the weekend's end. (I'm a glass half-empty kinda girl.)

[fishwax]

33. So if I never sleep, I live forever?

I like that philosophy, and I've tried to make it work for me :)

:rofl:

[JVS]

13. I'm still up after visiting several local bars, and seeing a embryonic street brawl

They were too wimpy to have it reach full blown brawl status

[fishwax]

22. were they celebrating today's big win?

:woohoo: :toast:

And were you relieved or disappointed that they were too wimpy to reach full blown brawl status? ;)

:hi:

[JVS]

27. Some standersby and I commented that they didn't have the stones to finish what they were starting!

One guy said to his friends "Wait up dudes, I'm trying to egg a fight!"

[fishwax]

29. bwahaha!

"Wait up dudes, I'm trying to egg a fight!"

:rofl:

[JVS]

31. When I heard him say that I said "hell yeah"

He then proceeded to go towards the fight saying "So this dude fucked your girlfriend?"

[fishwax]

35. and even after that it didn't result in a brawl?

:wtf:

:rofl:

[JVS]

57. Those stupid poseurs!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. still here

tried to sleep...got back up. Have been sick, first a kidney infection straight to a head cold. My sleep is even more messed up than ever. I am am insomniac. I figure I will sleep when I'm dead :D

[fishwax]

30. sorry to hear that, Tuesday Afternoon

With respect to the kidney infection and the head cold, I hope you feel better soon :hug:

With respect to the I figure I will sleep when I'm dead, I can relate :)

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

34. Thanks

I am really sick and tired of being sick and tired :D For some reason this year has been one thing after another. Stress does not help and working around kids I am exposed to everything.

[MrMickeysMom]

41. Sleep = good

Sorry to hear about the head cold. I've heard that "sleep when I'm dead" stuff...

[Gonzo Gardener]

21. I was shuffling off to bed...

I had just switched off the front porch light. As I passed the window in the hall, lightening lit up the sky. The house shook from the sound of rolling thunder.

I'm a sucker for a good light show and the sound of thunder always vibrates my soul!

So, I'm sitting at my office desk peering out the window, with the lights out, while watching the sky and checking the radar.

:hi:

Hoo Hoo

[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. Lucky you

I wish it would rain here....

[Gonzo Gardener]

42. First, came a howling wind that blew fallen, brittle leaves against the window.

Now we are getting pummeled with small pellets of ice mixed with rain. The lightening is arching across the sky and I can feel the thunder rumbling to my core.

[fishwax]

32. I got lightning from the same storm here in eastern Illinois

pretty cool, seeing those flashes of lightning in the window. I loved it. :)

Enjoy!

:hi:

[Gonzo Gardener]

44. Did you get hail? n/t

[fishwax]

48. no hail here--heavy rain and cool lightning, but no hail

Did you get hail in Indiana? As much as I enjoy the novelty of hail, I know it can be damaging--hope all is well :hi:

[Gonzo Gardener]

51. Hail, yes!

It lasted for a few minutes. I could hear it bouncing off of the window.

The radar is now showing a line of freezing rain along the Eastern edge of Indiana, yuck!

We get hail here quite often and had the roof replaced just last year because of a succession of major hail storms from April through the end of June 2006.

Edited to add: I'll take hail over twisters any day of the week!!!

[MrMickeysMom]

39. I woke up at 2:15 am when I needed more sudafed...

Been up ever since. I'm usually not an nightowl on DU (unless there's a filabuster)...

Damn head cold. Oh well, at least I have it over before Thanksgiving Day company comes,. But I have to make my lasasgna today.. Such decisions...

:hi:

[fishwax]

45. Bummer, MrMickeysMom, I hope

you recover soon :)

:hi:

[MrMickeysMom]

47. Tanks, fishwax...

On the bright side, I learned how to add pictures to my posts within the lounge!

:hi:

[Lyric]

43. I'm here

Although spending more time on Yahoo IM with a certain handsome DU'er than posting here. ;)

[fishwax]

50. sounds intriguing ... carry on :)

:patriot:

:)

:hi:

[fizzgig]

46. hey hey fishwax

i'm still up, but i'm just checking in periodically as i waste time on my gamecube :D

hope all is well in your corner of the world :)

[fishwax]

49. Hey kagehime! Enjoy the gamecube :) All is well here, except that

I just figured out this weekend that I won't be getting to fort collins this christmas break :( Usually I meet my family there for Christmas, but it won't work out this year ... no horsetooth at night, no woodward-governor, no armadillo, etc. :( ... all the cheesy foco christmas traditions will have to wait for another year. :)

Say hey to the front range, for me, kagehime :)

:hi:

[laylah]

52. Up in my little corner

of the world, fishwax. What are YOU still doing up, dotter?

[fishwax]

53. I wish I had a good answer for that

What are YOU still doing up, dotter?

But I don't ... so I'm trying to convince myself to go to bed :)

:hi:

[laylah]

56. Oh fishwax...

lol...I was asking Kaghime why she was up so late. She's my kiddo and is "only" 26 years old so as her mama, I expect answers to those types of questions:P

Hope you sleeping soundly by now, fw. Insomnia sucks! :hug:

[Skittles]

54. I am ALWAYS up at this hour

yes INDEED :hi:

[fishwax]

55. fanTAStic

:hi:

But, alas, I must be off to bed. Enjoy what's left of the day, Skittles! :hi: