Well today is the first day of my sleep experiment. As most of you know I am getting married. What you might not know is we are complete opposite when it comes to sleep cycles. I have to stay up till 2am and wake up at 9am. Holly stays up till 9pm and wakes up at 4:30am. So by the time I would be going to sleep she would be waking up. So I figure since my job is flexible I will hack my sleep schedule. Some of you will be like - just force yourself to bed earlier and wake up earlier. Unfortunately this habit has become so ingrained it doesn't matter what time I go to bed or wake up, my body clock is set for 2am and 9am. Plus I am such a deep sleeper I have 4 alarm clocks that don't wake me at all. My body has to do it naturally. There is a solution as I have been reading up on the net for this disorder known as "Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome" or DSPS . The key is to reset my circadian rhythms. At night time our bodies automatically produce melatonin, which causes us to become drowsy at the normal time. The night solution is to take just a little melatonin a half hour before the new sleep time. Then the second part goes into waking up earlier naturally. Right now when my body wakes me up I am bright and alert. The key is to be bright and alert hours earlier. So they have a "light therapy" lamp I got in the mail yesterday. I am supposed to sit a foot away from this bright light for 30 minutes when I first wake up. It is said this will push my wake up time back. We shall see. I must admit, I did feel a lot of energy from that light this morning. I was rearing to go. Then when I got in my car and looked at the clock my energy got zapped. More tests. This is actually supposed to be really quick - like 7 days - and then my circadian rhythm will be reset. Or as I like to call it, hacked.

Thought
A husband and wife had four boys. The odd part of it was that the older three had red hair, light skin, and were tall, while the youngest son had black hair, dark eyes, and was short.
The father eventually took ill and was lying on his deathbed when he turned to his wife and said, "Honey, before I die, be totally honest with me - is our youngest son my child?"
The wife replied, "I swear on everything that he is your son."
With that the husband passed away. The wife then muttered, "Thank goodness he didn't ask about the other three."