Every once in a while, I get the joy of this task, wherein I ruin my life for two weeks or so until I get used to it. Though that might prove difficult, this time, because my daily sleep is about to be broken up into two less-than-satisfying increments.
I already do this every Sunday. In order to make it to church and also to work that night, I stay up Saturday evening until four in the morning, and then I get up at eight in the morning to get ready for church. Then, about three in the afternoon, I take a three or four hour "nap," so I won't die at work.
Now, in an effort to become a little healthier, I'm about to make this a near daily type of thing.
I will be starting to come home from work, Monday through Friday, going to bed by 8 a.m., getting up about 11:30 a.m. At that point, I will get dressed, head down the the local YMCA and swim for about 45 minutes to an hour. Then, I will come home and (hopefully) go back to bed for another three and a half hours.
Sounds like fun, huh?
Why that time of day? It is the time that the Y has for open lane swimming that I can get to. They have early morning times available... but due to working the midnights, I can't make them.
Yep, I'm going to be hating life for a while, but I'll eventually grow used it. Of course, I say the same thing about working midnights, and that hasn't happened in the six years I've been doing that.
I want to do it, though. I want to be healthier, and I really enjoy swimming. And, let's face it, in Michigan, in the winter, there are a lot of activities that are just about impossible. Running, jogging, walking - sure, you can do those, if you enjoy sub-zero temperatures, trudging through the snow, or sliding on the ice.
(Man, I hate the ice. I've already taken one major spill this winter. I usually average two to three each year. Ugh.)
Of course, by the end of this week, I may have given up on the whole thing for the preciousness of uninterrupted sleep, but I'm hoping that's not the case. So far, I've been doing a pretty good job with keeping up with things I've set out to do this year - this blog being ample evidence of that.
Maybe I can continue that trend.
Type at you later.
(A request - The Riddler.)
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