Day 5

Yet again, I woke up earlier than my alarms, even though I set them about an hour earlier than I'm used to. Still getting used to this phenomena but I like it. I've been so used to having to set several alarms and sleeping through the first few that this experience is quite unique for me but I'm hoping it continues.

And I continue to use the app right before bed and right after waking for 30 minutes each. Occasionally over the last few days, I've also used the 15 minute session for an extra little boost. I've noticed, when I do this, I feel more alert and awake afterword.

I also continue to wake up and stay primarily in a good, and sometimes great, mood. Cheerful has actually become a new way of being. It's been a welcome change to have a smile on my face all day. It's been great laughing so often!

Anyway, this morning I woke a bit after 6am and went right into my session. I then got up, had a little breakfast, feed the cats and got ready for work. I even had a little time to watch some of GMA and to go on twitter.

I got to work around 8am and opened Subway at 9am. By 10:10, I had everything done - bread made, fresh cookies made, all the back up for the day shift ready, including soup and meatballs. And the day just kept going smoothly. By 2pm, I left work and went home.

And by 2:30pm, I was headed to Rapid City with my daughter. We needed to get her birth certificate, so we could officially sign her up for homeschooling. After that was done, I decided we both needed to have a little fun since we'd gone all this way, so after a little driving around we decided to go to BAM (Books A Million). We had a lot of fun browsing the store and we both found things we wanted costing about $20 each, which is what I had budgeted this trip for. After that, it was about dinner time. We went to an Indian restaurant called Kathmandu Bistro, rather than opting for the usual fast food choice. It was so delicious, I can hardly describe how good it was. It has been close to a year since I had Indian food and I didn't realize how much I missed it until I was eating that amazing food. And bonus, I have a lot more of it in the fridge, so we are going to be eating well for the next few days!

Now it's 10pm and I'm starting to get a bit tired. Might go to bed early. It's been a long day. I have two more full days at Subway (with an hour break) and then I have the weekend off! So glad for that, since Sunday is my Birthday and I'll be the answer to life, the univsere and everything! Yes, I'll be turning 42 on March 13th!

PS - Instead of going to bed, I decided to try out the NZT app. By just after 10:45pm, I finished listening and somewhere in the middle, I had started to feel more awake & in a much better mood. It's Midnight now (and I'm playing with our black cat Midnight) and I'm finally ready to go to bed. Nice to know I can use the app to refresh myself when I'm not quite ready for sleep.

Well, that's all for now... Tomorrow's another day...