Kevin's Weblog

After three days of sleeping only 4.5 hours at night, I’m definitely feeling somewhat out of it. My focus and attention span are pretty short, and motivation is lacking. One thing I know I’ve been slipping on is physical activity, but I just can’t seem to get myself out to move around. It’s not helping that it’s gotten crazy hot all the sudden, so going outside is just unpleasant most of the day.

I’m starting to wonder if my sleep changes are having effects on the rest of the family. The little one has been staying up later and later, to the point where I once again barely have any time between her falling asleep and the time when I need to get ready for bed. And, now that I’m getting up at 5:30, I’m actually waking up just as S. is finally going to bed. Yesterday was particularly insane. S. was still up when I got up, and then the little one woke up about 6:00, while I was still in the shower (after she went to bed about midnight). After that, S. stayed up until about 1:00 in the afternoon before crashing for a couple hours. I’m not sure what to make of all this. It’s a weird contrast, though, between my very disciplined sleep and the chaos of the rest of the family.

Also, yesterday and today my 5:00 naps were pretty poor. I’m not sure whether this is linked to noise around the house, the high temperatures, or it just being not the right time for a nap. Although, I’m definitely feeling sleepy a little before then, so I would expect to be dropping off easily and quickly.

As an aside, I’m trying not to do much proofreading or editing of these posts (although, flyspell catches some of my spelling errors). I figure a crude measure of my mental abilities may be captured in the quality of the writing. I’ve definitely noticed some typos after the fact, but that’s pretty normal. I’m not sure about the quality of the writing, maybe you can tell me.