four o’clock in the morning
This morning I dialed into my voicemail where I usually find messages from co-workers about things related to higher education, but instead I heard the voice of the man I’m dating. “Hi Rachel. It’s four o’clock in the morning…”
Readers take note: If you ever find yourself awake in the middle of the night and want to say hello to your favorite blogger, by all means, please feel free to go right ahead and call her at work instead of at home. She’ll thank you in the morning.
The other day I overheard a student tour guide from the undergraduate Admissions Office describing the Registrar’s Office to a prospective student during a campus visit. “We do all of our registration online now, which is great, because we used to have to get up at, like, four in the morning to be sure we got all the classes we needed.”
Really? Four in the morning?
Think it’s just coincidence that everyone but Rachel is up and about at 4:00 in the morning? It’s not.
The poet Rives did a fantastic TED Talk about 4 a.m., and it’s definitely worth nine minutes of your time. If it doesn’t suit you to watch it now, maybe you can check it out next time you’re awake at four in the morning.
Just don’t call me at home to tell me about it.
