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The morning at Kroger

Going to bed early has mostly meant waking up in the middle of the night. I woke up needing a glass of water around 3:00 am and after nearly three hours of trying to get back to my dreams, I gave up.  It wasn't all lying there, though. I tried to read, but I was in no mood to read a fictional account of a constitutional convention on Mars. I upgraded one of the games I quit playing a month ago, and so I ran around the subways of Seoul for a while until I got bored.  I had gone to bed at 10 or so. I had gone out to meet up with some friends, but then went home. I had thought I would make music, but the fire wasn't in me like I had hoped it would be. So, I thought more about work and about my week and how much I miss my children, and then I went to bed.  2015 is shaping up to be another year of challenges. I am trying to stay cheery as I go through my work week, a phrase that has elongated beyond the strict definition. I have no idea how people are able to leave wor