Note: I’m chronicling my experiment to get up at 5(ish) every weekday until the end of February. Today is a snow day. No school. They called it last night. No one getting up at 6 or 6:10 or 6:20. But I got up at 5:10 anyway. Actually, it’s more accurate to say that I became…
Read MoreNote: I’m running an experiment to get up at 5-ish every weekday during February. I started this post last Thursday, on February 7, but I didn’t have a chance to finish it until today, February 11. I’m here. I’ve let you know that. Is that all I have to do? Can I go back to bed now? Smell ya…
Read MoreNote: I am documenting my plan to get up at 5(ish) every weekday during February. Yesterday was an office day for me. After the 90-minute drive home, I trudged in the door and did a shot. As I did, I thought to myself what my dad always used to say: “It’s 5 o’clock somewhere.” Actually,…
Read MoreReaders: I’m currently documenting my experiment to get up every weekday at 5-ish until the end of February. I’m here. I’m up. I was also here yesterday—Monday, the day after staying up a bit late after the Snoozer Bowl. I had a blog post started but it was really random stuff and I never quite…
Read MoreNote to readers: In case you haven’t read the last few posts, I’m running an experiment in which I get up at 5(ish) every weekday until the end of February. I’m here. I was exhausted all day yesterday and dragging ass until around 3:30 when I finally just gave in and and took a 30-minute…
Read MoreSo I didn’t get up at 5 yesterday. I know, I said “no excuses.” But I had to prioritize sleep. You’ll see why. My son has been mangled by asthma complications for more than a week. Two trips to the asthma specialist within five days … so many medications … and a cough that will…
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