Day Five of the Thirty Day Challenge was almost perfect.

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Today was the first day in a long time where I popped out of bed and felt 'This is going to be a good day.' I was up earlier than I have been in awhile, and I stayed up. Rather than going back to bed, I got some work done around the house and made a cup of coffee before work.

Work went fine, I was buzzing from having such a productive start.. it might have also been the coffee. lol. After work, I knocked out some articles and did some research online. I knew my wife would be getting hungry so I was running out of me time. But when I went to check on her, she was asleep with the baby.

She has been working hard lately too, and raising a six month old is a full time job. I know that she has been missing a lot of sleep lately, so rather than wake her up, I changed into some running shorts and planned to go running. I was going to drive to the park, and do a bit of writing to clear my mind and running to boost my mood and kick start the habit. However, I thought.. I could bicycle to the park and do all that.

After a bit of debating, I decided to dust of the bicycle and go for it..

Boy, I am out of shape, but I made it to the park and found a nice shady spot to sit and write.. I got carried away in a stream of consciousness piece.. I haven't done one in awhile, so it felt good to just let myself go with the flow. I think it turned out pretty well too.. I'll post it here later.

Unfortunately, the debating, cycling and writing took more time than I anticipated, and I had to call off the run when my wife called asking when I would be able to get food (she's breastfeeding, so pretty much still eating for two).

My evening shift went well, and I was buzzed.. I ticked off every major part of my challenge, and it felt good.. It's late now and im still jiving.. I need to unwind and go to bed soon though if I have any chance to ride this out.