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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. …

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…

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

Well, my plan for getting up early appears to be working.  Yes, it can be a struggle getting out of bed, but I am getting out of bed.  Currently, the alarm is set for 6:00 AM.  That's one hour difference in two weeks, which means…

So, I've tried getting up early. Since it's only been going on for five days, I can't report too much. I'm now getting up at 6:30 in the morning, and I'll do that until Wednesday. On Wednesday I'll switch to 6:15 and see how that…

I’ve come to realize there are not enough hours in the day to do all the things I need to do. I typically wake up at 7:00 AM (a luxury, I know), and start taking care of the kids right away. I get to bed…

Really, it can’t be…

When I first met my future father-in-law, well before I decided to marry the wonderful woman I was dating, I was well and truly scared of him. Standing before me was a gruff man, very forthright and rough. As usual, I immediately formed an opinion…

So, Marnie calls me this morning from her car. She wanted to remind that Jared had Computer Club after school today. After checking my calendar and verifying for her that, yes, he did indeed have computer club today, we started to chat. I happened to…

This guy is cool!