Oh look, it's Dietrich

+ Woke up at 9:30, naturally, and did the light thing.
+ Ran or jogged (went from 4 mph up to 6 and down again) for two full miles, for the first time that I know of.

Sweet!

Dear Dumbass,

Just because you have figured out that most of your trouble has to do with hormones, doesn't mean you should forget that you have a yeast allergy and drink cask-style (unfiltered) local porter at CBC. Because if you do, you will end up spending much of the next day asleep, and the rest of it wondering how you're going to make it through the remaining hours.

I know it's tasty. But really. Please.

Sincerely yours,
The Body

P.S. No, seriously.

Hammering away at the Diesel again.

This morning I wasn't quite so ambitious: I couldn't drag myself up until about 7:30. But I still got up, resisted the urge to flop back into bed, tempting as it was, ate some breakfast, went to the bank and the post office, and now I'm here.

The problems, as I see them, are twofold:

1. I'm not awake until at least 10 anyway, so the hours between 7 and 10 are spent getting myself awake and not getting much done. That'll change, but it'll take time.

2. Salicom is evil.

Well, let me rephrase that. They're not evil; in fact, the guy I've talked to a bunch of times to help me with it is really sweet - and it's always the same guy! Small, these Salicom people are. (Yoda I speak like.) What they are is idiots. Every morning I've had to call them and fix one thing or another before I could have the privilege of logging on to the 'net at my favorite coffeeshop. And of course, T-mobile (provider of internet access for the Starbucks across the street and my cell phone carrier) are equal idiots, and for whatever reason don't give me reception inside the Diesel - in spite of the fact that I can usually pick up T-mobile internet access from inside the Diesel! Not sure if they're connected at all, but if they are, that shit just pisses me off.

Regardless. Enough bitching. Mostly I'm doing okay. It's good to get up early. I wonder if the regular use of the drops is helping with the allergy issue, and my grogginess and zombieness will pass by the end of the month...? It would be rather amazing.

This week has been a whirlwind thus far. Monday night, went out for drinks though imlad had taken a day to work at home, since he was feeling sick. Working at home drives him nuts, so we needed to get out of the house. The next day, he stayed home sick for real, and again, by the end of the night he was feeling mostly better, and we stepped out to check the action at the Diesel (none, by 9pm) and then to get desserts at Gargoyle's. Last night we saw the director's cut of Donnie Darko, and I have to tell you - if you've seen this movie, loved it, but still have questions, see the director's cut. If you haven't seen the movie, see the director's cut. If you don't know what I'm talking about, see the fragging director's cut. It's beautiful, and it explains so much.

Off to find out if The Philosophy of Time Travel is a real book.

Okay, so per moominmolly's advice, I've stepped down my weightlifting slightly. I'm now lifting 3 days a week, not four, and exercising each major muscle group only once a week. I'm also doing cardio three times a week and yoga once.

I no longer feel like a vacuum cleaner of food; I seem to be eating things in proper proportion, and have upped my protein intake as well as trying to get green leafys daily.

Here's the rub: llllleeeeeettthhhhhaaaaarrrrrrgggggyyyyyy.

Typically, I wake up early when my bed-partner does, and I feel utterly unable to move, still basically caught in sleep. I can set my own schedule however I want, I rationalize in my head, and so I go back to sleep. I try to get up by 9, but this week it's been more like 9:30, 10, and this morning, 10:20. This is with going to sleep anywhere from midnight to 1:30 or so, and averaging 9 hours a night.

This amount of sleep seems excessive to me, though I note that I used to thrive when sleeping from 2 am to 10 am in college. It seemed the perfect clock to me. However, these days (i.e., since I started lifting), I begin to feel tired around 11, if not earlier - but I still wake up tired and want to sleep late.

Once I get up, I still stumble around for a while, feeling a combination of lethargy and guilt. I eat, and feel somewhat better, though still not perfect. I bumble about on the computer for a bit, then go to the gym, which I enjoy and which I'm usually able to do with good form and enjoyable sweating. I go home, shower, have lunch, and work. I'm generally unfocused until around 3 or 4 in the afternoon, when I generally experience a rush of productivity until about 7. If I have a free night, I can go until late at night. If not, I have to stop and go do whatever social thing I've lined up.

So. Factors:

Started weightlifting six weeks ago.
Started new birth control pill three months ago.
Stopped caffeine a week and a half ago.
I've had trouble waking for my entire life, and have at times been known to sleep long hours, but mostly my late rising has gone along with late retiring.
The lethargy is always the worst in late winter and the hottest part of the summer.

Yes, I'm going to see my doctor. But does anyone here have thoughts/similar experiences/fish?