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Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.  Originally found here

It's official, both boys are out of school.  Ryan got out at the end of May, while Jared got out the end of June.  Right after school was out for Jared, we hopped into the already packed van and drove out to see the in-laws. …

Well, we're just 4 days away from Jareds summer holidays.  Ryan started his at the end of May, so he's been home for almost a month already.  Once Jared starts staying home all day, it'll take a bit of the pressure off.  The pressure is…

Today is the summer solstice.  It's the longest day of the year, and tomorrow we start heading back towards winter.  Enjoy!

Well, I've reached my goal.  I now get up at 5:00 AM Monday to Friday.  On Saturday I allow myself to sleep in, but no later than 9:30, and on Sunday I'm up at 7:00 AM with the boys. The mornings have been partially productive. …

Yesterday, Marnie was driving the boys home from soccer (I was out).  This is the conversation they had: "'How does Uncle Gregor have enough food?" asked Ryan. "Why do you want to know?"  Marnie asked in return. "Because he lives in his car!" said Jared.

I thought I'd post an update on the early rising thing.  My alarm is now set for 5:15 AM, and I'm out of bed before 5:25 AM.  Not too bad.  I'm finding that about 2:00 PM I get this massive wave of exhaustion come over…

This is absolutely incredible…

Now this is really weird.  I know I've seen it before, but I never blogged about it.

There seems to be some sort of block at 6:00 AM.  Moving from a 7:00 AM wakeup to a 6:00 AM one went very smoothly.  The alarm would go off, I'd get up and start the day.  Getting past 6:00 AM has been a bit…