Au Revoir For The Weekend

5:11 p.m. July 26, 2012
Yesterday and today I slept in.  I wasn’t utilizing the snooze button so that messed me up.  I did rest in the afternoon though.  Yesterday was harder to fall asleep while today there wasn’t too much of an issue.  As promised here’s a picture of the painting I finished up;

Sunflowers

This weekend I’m going up north on a fishing trip with my brother, dad and uncle.  During this time I may be able to stick with the schedule or I may not.  I don’t really have a plan going into this; I’ll just work with what happens.  So until Monday, happy sleep cycles!

Getting Back On Track, For Now

10:29 p.m. July 24, 2012
I was kind of up at five today.  It was closer to five thirty but close enough.  After a very long break from running and the discovery that it was the physical activity in the morning that made me dread waking up, I have decided that I want to start the daily runs again.  I am hopeful that I was get my lazy self up before five thirty tomorrow and be back and showered before six tomorrow.  That’s the ideal plan.

Today my afternoon nap was delayed until three o’clock because I forgot.  I found it more difficult to fall asleep and had a much lighter rest than I normally do.  I’m not worried about it at all though as tomorrow I will hopefully have returned to my normal schedule.

I'm also planning on working on a few paintings tonight as I haven't even touched one since the last update I gave.  I'll post pictures once there's something to post.

Quick Update Before Bedtime

12:19 a.m.
This has been my first night update in a while.  I promise I’ll try to make the most of it.  I think that no matter how many times in a row I stay up this late I will still be tired.  I haven’t been able to remain alert past 11:30 once through out this entire experiment.   I’m not too frustrated by this although it is a little disappointing.

I promised an updated picture of the painting I’m working on and I delivered.  I wasn’t able to completely finish it tonight but I did make a lot of headway.  If you can’t figure it out by now, that’s a stream surrounded by trees during winter.

Almost done, hang in there

If my math is correct, this is the tenth day, (July 5th).  That means that the transition period should be coming to a close and I guess I’ll have an official report later on how this has gone and my plans for the future.  I still need to figure most of that out so hang with me.

Early Bird Gets The Worm

6:08 a.m.
I woke up right on time this morning at 5:00 and was out the door half an hour later for my morning run.  In case you were wondering, that’s three days in a row that I’ve been on time.  This is exciting news for me; I’m finally starting to get the hang of it.  The only problem is that I dozed off last night for maybe half an hour in front of the TV.  This means two things; one is that if I am actually using my brain a little (painting, reading) I will be able to stay up much better than if I sit in front of the TV.  The other thing it means is that the later afternoon nap didn’t help as much as I was hoping.

These are the shoes that have carried me in all my runs

Nevertheless, I will have another late afternoon rest period today (third day in a row) just to see if it really doesn’t help at all.  And I should be able to finish the painting I started and posted a couple days ago.  That should keep me awake at night.

One last note is that when I meet people who know what I’m doing it always surprises them that I’m usually not tired at all and even during the transition phase, I wasn’t very tired at all.  This shows that no matter where you are in your school or job, you can make he change at any time so long as you are committed and have a schedule flexible enough.  If some of you guys decide to try this sleep cycle out or another one let us know in the comments!

Bowling And Sleeping Elsewhere

5:16 p.m.

I had the latest afternoon sleep period today.  I came to my girlfriends house today in the morning and I'll be staying for dinner.  We went bowling today with her family and I think I did all right (92). I didn't want to beat my girlfriend too badly so I kept it close for her sake.  After bowling we came back and that was around quarter after three.  Being the generous people they are I was set up with pillows and blankets and slept on the basement couch.  I was able to sleep for at least half an hour so I'm  a little hesitant to claim that it was a success.

Temporary sleeping quarters

I have been considering moving the afternoon sleep block back to 4:00 so I will be less tired at night (11:00 to 1:00).  I will try this again tomorrow and see what happens.  My hope for tonight is that I am once  again able to stay up until 1:00, am less tired, and finish the painting  I started yesterday.

Back On Track

5:59 a.m.
Last night I went to bed about five minutes early on purpose and today I woke up right on time.  I’m very glad that I decided to use the snooze button otherwise I would probably still be in bed right now.  I would also like to add that my bed has never been as comfortable as it was at 5:00 a.m. during summer break.  It was a struggle to get out of bed to say the least.

My run today went well, I’m very happy with today so far and I’ve been awake an hour.  As far as my plans are for today, I’ll try to finish up that painting I posted last night and put some man hours into yard work.

I’ll be putting another update on the blog after my afternoon rest period.