I did exactly what I didn't want to do!

And that was wussing out on both the experiment and the fucking blog. Talking the talk and not walking the walk is so classic with blogs. e.g. "I'm going to do XYZ" and thats the last you hear about it.

My bad. I apologize to my readers, who will likely stop reading if they think i am a chump.

So here's the deal - I like this concept a lot. Its a huge challenge. I have realized that getting up early is a whole-life commitment. Its hard to stay up til 1:00 AM, kick back some beers, and then get up at 5:30 and expect to be able to function. Since work has been very high-profile recently (I've been meeting daily on Capitol Hill talking about my job to senators, staffers, etc) it seems like a bad idea to start messing with my sleep patterns now. FUCK, now I'm making excuses. I suck.

So, I will restart. Here is my promise to my readers. For the next three days Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - I will get up at 6:00 AM. No question.:) I will also blog about it every morning when I do get up. Right when I get up.

As a side note - I have been getting up significantly earlier in general because of this. Instead of 8ish, we are talking 7ish, which is a big deal. So this does have some serious benefits.