The Lazy Faire

Today L. went exploring and came back five or so hours later very tired with lots of pictures.  J. finished Watchmen, and we talked a little about the morality (or lack thereof) of various characters.  J. and I also spent some time shoping for a power supply unit for the gaming PC he’s building - we settled on the Antec EA650, a midrange unit with good reviews and an unbeatable price at Newegg.

In polphasic news, I am loving this weather, because it means naps in the sun.  There isn’t much better in this world than an outdoor nap on a warm spring day.  Also having better luck with a 25-minute timer - it gives me time to settle in and get a solid 20 minutes of sleep during each nap.

The one aspect of life that’s suffering right now is fitness - Stacey hasn’t been feeling well, and I’ve simply been finding it hard to schedule my workouts in despite the polyphasic schedule.  I think that’s just because I’ve been trying to fit so many new activities into the extra time, like mowing the lawn, doing the dishes every night, and  writing little notes for the children to find in the morning.  I’m going to try to break the chain of slacking tomorrow morning.

Yesterday L. dyed her hair black and white and red.  At my request J. drew up a map of our hometown, including lesser-known features.

Here be dragons. And worse things.

L. and I discussed the dearth of things to do at night in our town.  We decided that if she’s willing to do some of the initial legwork and research, I’m willing to consider moving forward my long-term plan of starting a coffee house.  If there’s one thing I’ve learned from home/unschooling, it’s that when a child wants to do something badly, no matter how ambitious, you get out of the way and help it to happen.

I’m half a week into my experiment with the “Uberman” polyphasic sleep schedule, and still having to fight off sleepiness at night.  But for all that, it’s still easier than the “Everyman” schedules I had been trying for the preceding month.  And there are few things better than napping in the sun on a warm Spring day.