Day 12 - Pre Core

In bed by: 9:00pm

Spent the afternoon working in yard and moving our driveway fence line forward 6 feet so that we can open have our front door open all the time allowing the dogs access to the backyard at all times.

We saved time making dinner by reheating left-overs and adding a delicious salad and steamed spinach from our backyard aquaponic garden, so we decided to enjoy a few episodes of Battlestar Galactica, Season 2 episodes 22 and 23, which ended on an intense cliff hanger. 

Arrrggh! We had just enough time to watch another episode so we did, but episode 24 is another "to be continued", they're about to attack the giant Cylon resurrection ship. It took a bit of will power not to hit next!

Were were in bed in time, but by the time we relaxed and were ready to sleep, it was already 9pm so we reset our alarms. 

Day 11 - Nap 4 (Recovery)

Alarm: 3:30pm (smart)

By 1:30pm, I no longer felt the symptoms that convinced me to switch to the recovery schedule, so I decided to keep working a bit in the yard with my wife; we are preparing a tree for planting at a neighborhood park tomorrow morning.

At 2:45pm I decided that I should nap again anyway, but instead do so under a smart alarm, one that would monitor when I exited REM. The result was I only slept for 18 minutes, so my wife and I could still make our plans to go swim laps at the neighborhood pool. After swimming, I experienced near-perfect freshness.

Day 9 - Post Nap 3

Alarm: 12:50pm

Perfect nap! ...and boy do I feel so much better. Nearly every symptom from this morning is gone, except for a slight, hard-to-describe discomfort. After eating, I'm ready to dive back in and get some more work done.

Home and Garden Chores

And thank goodness for chores! I can't say I would have predicted me feeling that way, but when I was being lulled into sleeping too early, I switched from working with spreadsheets and IDEs to doing dishes, laundry and yard work. The sun on me and the physical activity was enough to carry me through, and by the time I hit the bed, I was feeling better already anyway.