Samhain Thanksgiving Moon
Grandma’s in Denver, probably having breakfast at the Best Western with the grandkids 
right about now. She forgot to take her recipes so we may have to shore her up from home base.
(Grandma in Brazil)
The dogs and I have hit a rhythm that’s working so far. The house is quieter with Kate gone and for a silence loving guy like me, I don’t like it. Having another mouse in the burrow makes the whole place feel more livable.
Having said that my day doesn’t change much. Up around 7:00-7:30. Down to work around 8:00. I will take a break at 10:00 to see if the dogs need to go out, then back to work until lunch. Lunch. Nap. Work and workout till 7:00 or so. Then relax. This is, roughly, the daily schedule I discovered in Bogota now over 25 years. It made sense to me then and makes sense to me now.
Many could not adjust their day to this kind of schedule, I know that, but if you can, I imagine you would see an increase in productivity and serenity. Whole swaths of Latin culture have done it for years, even centuries and there’s physiological reason for it. Get a good 7-8 hours of sleep, get up and use that good morning time for work. Then, as the body slows down in the middle of the day, eat and nap, follow it with another pulse of work until the early evening, then enjoy yourself and your family. A very pleasant way to live.