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Why 3am? For the last several years, I have been waking up at 3am every single night. While I was still teaching, that was rough! I woke up every morning at 5am to go to work! Why did I wake up? My brain was trying to process everything that had been going on. Now that I’ve been retired for almost 2 months, I still wake up at 3am, but I can get back to sleep a little easier, knowing 5am isn’t a problem anymore. Interrupted! The other night, however, there was a problem. I had a nice day: exercise, writing, taking care of my dog. That night my husband and I watched a new episode of one of our favorite shows. It was a nice day! Then somewhere between 11pm-2am, it happened…BEEP! Why is it that the battery in the smoke detector ALWAYS dies in the middle of the most restful sleep? BEEP! The dog was not having it. She tried to tunnel under the bed to get away…BEEP! No good. My husband and I had the same thought that climbing on a stool at this hour was not a great idea…BEEP! He t...