A Little Better - May 11 2016

Yesterday afternoon I had to break schedule a little bit.  There were some important errands we had to run in town, and the nearest town is an hour away.  I managed to leave work a few hours early but still did bot arrive home until 7:00 P.M. which is the time that I am supposed to take first nap.  But when I get home I am also in the habit of playing my dogs tired (20 Minutes) and putting my daughter to bed (30 Minutes)  Also, I had the groceries to put up.  What this amounted to was that I didn't get to my nap till almost a full hour late, and to keep things even I got up an hour late so, in the end, not too big of a loss.

I realized over the last few days that my body is fighting falling asleep for about a half hour each time that I try to nap so I am going to begin laying down a half hour before my desired nap time.  Also, before my planned second nap (2:00 A.M. - 4:00 A.M.)  I spent about a full hour doing meditative breathing and stretching to wind my self down.  This helped me fall asleep much quicker when I laid down, and I also believe it is the reason I woke up as quickly.

I did fail at waking up right at 4:00 and stayed asleep till a bit after 5:00.  Then I stayed in bed awake for a while talking myself in and out of giving up on this whole plan completely.  In the end, I triumphed over my lazy brain and got out of bed at about 5:20 A.M.  This gave me enough time to stretch and prepare for work at a somewhat casual pace.  A pleasant change from the rushing ass in five minutes to do all I need to for work.

I am really positive about being able to be up early enough to start running before I go to work.  I also think that if I keep this up I will be doing so before this week is out.  However, this plan, though well intentioned, still holds a few variables yet to be seen.
First:  I am not sure how my body is going to handle a total of four hours of sleep a day once I am used to the sleep schedule.
Second:  Will running before I go to work energize me for the day or make me tired and cause my knees to hurt before the work day is over
Third:  I am curious to see if stretching twice a day is going to help with the various joints I have pains in.

The summation thus far is that I am making steady progress.  I still need to figure out what my exercise schedule is going to be but I have mentally been fitting the days into their potential workouts.  More to progress to come.