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I finally caught up to a squirrel the other day. I tried to play with it but it died. Then I was sad :-(

-Haley

So I woke up feeling great on Wednesday. Jake did not.

Jake and I have unique perspectives when it comes to 4AM on day 5.

My midnight nap came and went. I remember setting the alarm, but apparently forgot to push the "on" button. Jake was there to save the day...

Elliot put on his chef's outfit. Here's a bit of our experience...

Thanks, buddy!

I'm not home, so I don't have the same video conversion tools. Forgive the blockiness when the camera moves around...

So I still haven't missed any naps. I will admit, though, that this morning was very, VERY, very difficult for me. I woke up, got out of bed, turned Clocky off. Then I reset it for 15 minutes later. When it went off, I got up and reset it again. The 3rd time Clocky went off I got up, reset it, and put it in Jake's bedroom. After he woke up, I stayed in bed massaging a cramp out of my shoulder for a few minutes. I heard him go into the bathroom and turn on the fan.

The rest of the story goes like this:

While I'm waiting for the video to convert to flash, I want to take a moment to say thank you to Matt and Jenna for taking us out to dinner tonight. It was an awesome time - I always have fun with you guys, thanks for the call! Good food and I'm stuffed, too. Thanks Hickory Park , and thank you to the Weber family.

I took the camera outside during an early morning cigarette. Here's what Jake had to say...

Here's a bit of the party from last Saturday. This sequence happened to be while I was at a wedding, but I surely joined the festivities when I arrived. I'll try to post some of the "later on" content in the wee hours of the night.

Until then, enjoy! Oh, and can you say "Champaholics"?

I haven't missed a nap since the last update. I will admit, though, that I've had some help waking up. Thanks Mike and Jake. The longest sleep I've taken in was about 50 minutes. I have fallen asleep randomly twice - once on the couch, and another in my computer chair (I really thought Jake wouldn't notice).

Driving again today - leaving around 8:30. I'm pretty excited for the day, as my buddy Cory is getting married. The wedding is in Manchester, and then I've got to attend a housewarming party in Iowa City. I'm predicting the end of my nappy streak around midnight tonight or 4AM tomorrow. Drinking generally puts me under for a while. We'll see though.

• Nappiness:I'm falling asleep and napping hard. It's been tough to fight the snooze urges upon waking, but it's been 3 or 4 naps since I actually fell back to sleep.
• Energy: As long as I'm moving, I feel great. Just got done with a 20 minute impromptu workout, and ready to shower before 8 o'clock hits. The real workouts will begin Sunday night or Monday, when we get back to town. Update, I think I might be starting to crash, now that it's closer to 8. Need to shower, still.
• Cognition: I haven't felt this alert from 5-7AM since I worked morning shift at Fareway.
• Mood: I'm a cheerful guy. What else can I say? Progress makes me happy.
• Overall: I have officially beaten the 10 and 20(unannounced) nap challenges. As long as I wake up at 8:30 here, we'll be looking at 30. I'm pretty sure this is as good or better than I ever did during the 45 day trial earlier this year. I'm excited! I've also been pretty productive - doing 2 loads of laundry, editing GrumpyJake, working out, and practicing guitar a bit over the last 6 hours - when I'd normally be asleep. The benefits of polyphasic sleep are possibly endless...