Sleep, How I Missed You
8:30pm
As the father of two children in diapers, my sleep patterns tend to get mixed up on occasion. Recently, the 6 month old has been waking up around 5:30AM. Not crying mind you, just babbling. The kid is happy, but a little noisy. The problem is when he wakes up his 23 month old sister. Once she is awake, everyone is awake...for the day. In an effort to maximize sleep, we have to retrieve Carter before he wakes Myra Grace. This has been going on a for a few weeks now, so I had put myself into quite the sleep deficit.
Both kids are typically asleep by 8PM and last night was no exception. However, after putting the kids to bed, instead of taking care of some tasks around the house or entertaining myself in some fashion, I went straight to the couch. Asleep by 8:30PM. I slept there until about 2AM, then made a beeline to my bed where I picked up where I left off on the couch. Except for a minor interruption by Carter, I slept until 6AM. By my fuzzy math, thats about 9.5 hours, where I'm used to getting about 7. I'm definitely "caught up" on the sleep now.
100 Pushups by August
Sometimes you gotta set some goals
Recently, I discovered a web site that claims that anyone can do 100 pushups by following their aggressive program. I have decided to give it a try. So based on their 6 week schedule, I should be able to do 100 pushups by August 2008 if I follow their program.
I was already in "fair" to "decent" shape. Before starting this regimen, I could crank out 30 to 40 pushups in an ideal environment (rested, motivated, awake, sober) I'm a fairly active guy, but I don't have a lot of disposable time to work out. I have some time in the evenings after I get the kids to bed, but I rarely have enough energy at night to go work out or go on a run. However, I was looking for a way to stay in shape, get stronger and so forth without going to the gym, buying equipment or most importantly requiring a lot of time. This program seems to fit the bill.
Knowing that sticking to an exercise program would be difficult, despite being only 6 weeks and only requiring 30 minutes a week, I had to insure I would stick with it. My first step was telling people at my office that I was starting this program. Some co-workers were interested and some even claimed to start it themselves. But that just didn't seem like enough. So I decided tell as many people I can through my blog (all 3 of you). Finally, I decided to track my progress. The final motivation is making this progress publicly available, which makes me accountable for my progress.
Track my progress
I, Robot (The Robot)
