Night Owl Tendencies

A family characteristic?

I like to stay up late. I get a lot of things done this time of night. I have to force myself to go to bed or I'll be up until 2 a.m.

I have speculated that this might be an inherited trait, from my mother's maternal line. Her Aunt Letha (Eaton) Blair was a professional night owl. For many years, she was the night operator at the telephone office in Bassett.

I remember that my mom used to call Aunt Letha at night and chat with her if she wasn't busy. After Letha retired from the telephone company, she found a job being the night desk clerk at the Range Hotel and worked there several years.


I learned recently that my nephew Ben likes staying up late also, and I consider this a new bit of evidence to support my theory that there's a bit of the night owl in the family line. I think Keely has the trait, too. I am not sure about Isaac. Lately, he's been going to bed early and sleeping late on weekends.