Awake

It's not often I find myself awake after a single sleep cycle and unable to quickly fall back to sleep, but... that does seem to be the case in these early morning hours. One of the great perks of retirement is that the clock on when you need to sleep becomes less important and you can pretty much sleep whenever you can and get up in those times when you can't.

It is 3:30 in the morning and the coffee is just about finished brewing. I have two books on my Kindle and one from the library and I have my trusty Chromebook and less trusty wifi signal, but I am probably the only one up and using it. 
There is a disadvantage to being awake in an unfamiliar place and to not really having any available snacks. I have yogurt, granola, and some protein bars. I can make due with that or step out to the convenience store that is basically next door.
It appears that I may have a Wordfeud opponent that is in a time zone where they are up or perhaps they are also experiencing a bit of insomnia. At least they have made a couple of plays in our current game. I am magicianary if you are a Wordfeud player.

I am not really being meditative at the moment, but I am thinking about personal responsibility -- owning who we are, who others perceive us to be, and figuring out if we need to reconcile the differences or if it is okay for us to be perceived to be different people than we think we are.
I think it's probably okay for people to think I'm a jerk or unkind -- as long as I'm not really being a jerk or an unkind person. But how obligated am I to changing either their perception or my behavior? 

Just stuff in my head.
Since my Wordfeud friend seems to have gone back to sleep (or maybe off to work) I think I'll pour another cup of coffee and read a book.

Happy Monday
(It is Monday, right?)

John