Every eight days I work at the Sun City Center Emergency Squad. I try to be there shortly after 7 a.m. although the door doesn’t officially open until 7:30. Being at the Squad that early means I need to be up by 6:10. I leave the house before 7:00.

When I don’t have a reason to be up early, I generally stay in bed until after 8 a.m. I love having mornings when I can just sleep in. Often I’ll wake up and read for an hour or two.

Knowing I need to be up early tomorrow, I’ll head to bed about 7:00 p.m. and from bed, I’ll watch a couple favorite game shows (Switch and Split Second). I might read a little on my Kindle device. Everything will be shut down by about 9 p.m. Since I generally wake up several times during the night, I’m lucky to get the suggested eight hours of sleep.