Will it be an 8?

This morning there’s no time to go back to bed since we were able to sleep a half hour later for K’s schedule. I had a whole big bagel for breakfast and I think I’ll probably regret that at the gym.

Last night I got up in the middle of the night. It’s not unusual, actually it’s unusual to sleep through the night. It’s been this way for months. There’s a lot of research to back up the statement that sleep has a dramatic impact on mood and performance during the day. I feel like I start every day off a little bit crippled by my poor sleep.

To take a quick detour about sleep. Last night was the first night that I couldn’t fall asleep. I had a lot of projects in my mind and I wanted to get up and write them down at least. It’s a classic symptom of the slope into mania. I’d place myself at an 8 yesterday and a 7 the day before. We’ll see if we slope up today or hover around 8. I’d love to chart this to discover patterns but unless I’m over a 6, I don’t have a lot of motivation to keep that going. Just another project that would end in disappointment. All I can do now is take the focus and the energy and make a hard push to get some things done!

I’ll ramble about sleep patterns more later, I’m sure.