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Question of the Day | 03/13/2008 2:01 am

What wakes you at 4 a.m.?

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Liz Smith
I wake up with frequent leg cramps. I just get up and stomp around a while and go back to bed.
By Liz Smith on 02/04/2008 11:51 am
Joan Ganz Cooney
Oh, Lord, let me see. At the moment, it’s all aspects of moving from one apartment to another. But I usually don’t wake up at 4 in the morning and, if I do, I take a Xanax.
By Joan Ganz Cooney on 02/04/2008 11:51 am
Joan Juliet Buck
The heater.
By Joan Juliet Buck on 02/04/2008 11:52 am
Judith Martin
The need to catch an early flight. I don’t do stress.
By Judith Martin on 02/04/2008 11:52 am
Lesley Stahl
Snoring.
By Lesley Stahl on 02/04/2008 11:52 am
Mary Wells
The coming day and all it is going to bring.
By Mary Wells on 02/04/2008 11:52 am
Peggy Noonan
All of the troubles and anxieties of life. Being afraid I forgot to set the alarm for 6. Knowing I have to go on a trip. I am really rooted in the earth and don’t love to fly or sail or buzz around.
By Peggy Noonan on 02/04/2008 11:53 am
Lily Tomlin
I never kiss and tell. Excuse me, I thought you said, “Who?”
By Lily Tomlin on 02/12/2008 12:00 am
Jane Wagner
I do often wake up around then — what Ingmar Bergman called "hour of the wolf." Then I turn on my pillow speakers and listen to "Red Eye Radio."
By Jane Wagner on 02/03/2008 12:00 am
Marlo Thomas
All the things I didn’t finish, or didn’t do.
By Marlo Thomas on 02/09/2008 12:00 am
Pam Hoffman
Nothing - I sleep through anything!! Everyone has something they do well, right? I sleep like a champion!
By Pam Hoffman on 03/13/2008 7:24 am
Nancy P
During the week, I wake up at 4 am because that’s what time I set my alarm for work. But, on the weekends I still wake up at 4 am which usually irritates me because I would really like to sleep in. I guess its that inner clock that says time to wake up! After being an early riser for many years, its seems I am doomed to continue that schedule. Hopefully, when I retire, I might get to sleep in unto 7ish, which would be awesome!
By Nancy P on 03/13/2008 7:34 am
Dawn Miller
definetly the anxieties of life that day. The schedules of my 3 children, and do they have the right clothes washed for that day, and do I have something ironed that can make me look like I didn’t wake up at 4:00 am worried about all this. Dawn Miller
By Dawn Miller on 03/13/2008 7:35 am
Sepia B
After practicing Meditation for the last ten years my Spirit naturally wakes me at 4 am to listen and embrace life…I welcome the opportunity!
By Sepia B on 03/13/2008 7:36 am
hawgwld_n_ hartlss
Normally, the only things that can wake me up at Oh God O’clock are my bladder or my bulldog. Though there are those occassional exceptions, like an early flight or an exceptionally troubling issue I have to deal with.
By hawgwld_n_ hartlss on 03/13/2008 7:37 am
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