Two weeks ago, I awoke at 6:30 a.m. with a tingly face and sore abdominal muscles.

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On the day of the personal interview, I awoke very excited and ready to meet Shelly.

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And so it was that I awoke, unsure but uncaring of the time, to observe the morning rituals of the river.

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On another occasion, I awoke one night at 3:00 a.m. in a hotel room having forgotten where I was.

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So it was that I awoke one morning troubled by a dream I had experienced in the early moments of dawn.

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On the second morning of my stay in Banteay Chhmar, I awoke before dawn to explore the main ruin where Sarun had taken me the day before.

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In fact, I was dreaming of a carefree game of duck-duck-goose when I awoke at the lodge to the happy clink of the coffee tray outside my door.

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This morning, I awoke to the following email in my inbox.

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By the time I awoke the next day, shook off the collywobbles and registered my mouse clicks, only a dog's breakfast of event choices were left.

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But when I awoke, to see the puppet von Trapp children gathered on puppet Maria's puppet bed, I thought back to what the theatre's managing director had said, backstage, in amongst the delicately carved and painted marionettes.

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Jet lag awoke me early one morning, and I peeked into his closed writing room.

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