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IT’S a pretty routine
Sunday morning.

There are clouds in the
sky, the threat of rain looms
over the horizon, and [ am,
as usual on a weekend day,
up and out of bed before my
children. These children are,
to explain, teenagers now,
and on weekend mornings
they often sleep well into
midday.

I, on the other hand, am
a creature of habit, with an
internal alarm clock that
wakes me up somewhere

between 6:00 and 6:15 every

morning, whether I like it or
not.

_It’s so quiet on these
weekend mornings. I am
allowed the rare freedom of
Operating on my computer
without rude interruptions
from teenaged boys desper-
ate to play some action-filled
computer game. I get to
write, to respond to e-mails,
and to organize my desktop
free from the plaintive beg-
ging of a teenage daughter
who lives for ICQ chat.

A dog sleeps underneath
my computer ‘desk, stirring
only occasionally to get a lit-

tle closer to my legs. A flutty
white kitty is curled up on
the top of my computer
monitor, soaking up what
heat he can from the elec
tronic screen that reflects all
that T write. It’s bliss, tor
sure, and J revel in my soli-
tude.

Time rolls by, and soon it
is 10:30, but still there are
no stirrings from teenagers. |
must get on with my day, as
Sundays are busy for me,
what with garbage dav being
Monday, groceries to buy for
the week, the column to
write and various sporting
events both to participatein
and watch. Reluctantly I
leave the quict household to
buy groceries, only to return

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