Welcome everyone who is coming to visit due to the coverage I have gotten in teh Edmonton Journal. For those who aren't here from there, Here is a link to the story.
I posted my summary of my first 100 days yesterday, so I recommend reading that if your interested. Also Check out some of the links on the sidebar, I recommend the Google Group and PureDoxyk's Blog. When I last read it Wikipedia also had a decent article on it.
Hopefully you find this informative. Please feel free to comment here or email me (chkurz (at) gmail (dot) com) with any questions. I'll try to answer all of them.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Summary
I have finished it. (And posted here a lot more regularly in the process. hopefully this is something I can keep up). So here's a long post with my Summary to date.
I started May 14th. I began with a normal night of sleep, then took a nap at noon, and 5pm. The goal at this time was a core from 4am to 7am, with naps at noon, 5 and 11pm. I did not start napping at 11pm until day 3. Around day 3 was when I started doing more productive things in the night as well, like cleaning, making buns, and some light reading.
The first discovery I made was I needed a white noise track. Due to my place of employment being based at the airport, I needed something to drown out the planes. It also would prove to be exceptionally useful in maintaining consistent nap lengths, and has since helped me nap in many different locations.
I found out on day 3 that I was already reliant on my naps. I tried to drive home before a nap, and ended up feeling very tired during the drive, and it was potentially unsafe. Thus it is not recommended you drive during this period, unless you have woken up recently.
I was already close to the schedule I wanted by day 6. My core period at that time was about 3.5 hours That was about it. I had gradually reduced my core sleep throughout the week. having my naps, somewhat forced, then staying up as late as I can before crashing for my core. I always woke up from my core at 7am. On day 7 I tried sleeping just the 3 hours at night, and I was not quite ready yet. Day 7 was also when I started flexing my naps a little.
I was able to flex my noon nap by 1.5 hours, without any bad effects. I was quite tired by the 5pm nap.
On day 10 I had some complications with my cd player dying on me. Without the white noise cd my naps weren't very good. this was a slight setback. I recommend ensuring you have enough power to get you through the day, and carry extra batteries. Since I have gotten an Ipod, this is less of a concern, but do moniter battery life, and try to keep it high enough to last a full nap or 2.
Day 13 was the start of a busy weekend. I tried skipping a nap while I was out, to disasterous results. At a house party the next night, I caught my naps, which helped, but the liquor in my system made me oversleep. I've since discovered anything more than a drink or 2 will cause me to tend to oversleep.
On day 16 I had a rough adjustment period. This was when I had started cutting caffiene from my diet, which I had been using to try and help my sleep cycle change. For adaptation, caffiene helped me wake up after a nap, or core, but in the long term I recommend it be cut. Try a hot glass of water to wake you up, or really ice cold. Around day 16 is also where I speculated that during adaptation at least, the nap location is likely important that it remain consistent. Lately (post 100 days) I can nap anywhere, on my vacation I slept in some irregular locations, but during adapatation I would recommend trying to be consistent in your nap location. While adapting the less that changes the better, so your body just has the odd hours to get accustomed to.
I got sick around day 21. I think it was something I ate. I slept a lot more during that period to try to help me recover. I discussed maybe adding a reset day (which I never did).
Day 22 I skipped a noon nap, and it wasn't overly deterimental. I just felt more tired closer to my 5pm nap. I've since stopped skipping naps, and force myself to nap no matter how late it is. My body often will still get tired for the next nap, and I found that to work better than just flat skipping a nap.
On day 29 I started trying a more consistent wake up routine, as I still found that to be difficult. I was too physically active in it though, as I started getting too stiff. I also had some really good naps at that time.
Around day 44 I became extremely busy and was forced to miss nap, move nap times, and other bad things. I ended the week feeling extremely tired, but made it. It took me a day or so to get back to a regular routine after a messy week.
Day 53 temperature really became an issue. We had a heat wave, which made sleeping in my car difficult. I now always ensure I park in the shade for as much of the day as possible, which usually means moving my car after my noon nap. I also recommend windows open to get a breeze, maybe a fan to help with that. I also use ice packs on the floor of my car to try and smooth the temperature curve. It's helps but not drastically.
On day 57 I overslept my 11pm nap, but overslept it to exactly 3 hours. This is when I first tried a nap at 6:30 am, and a core 11pm-2am. This felt great and would end up being my normal sleep schedule. My body just liked it better. Finding those times when your body actually wants / needs to sleep in interesting. I have no hints to help you find them, just if you feel groggy after a nap consistently, to maybe try shifting it around a bit.
Day 64 I tried sleeping without an alarm. My body no longer lets me sleep more than 4 hours without the aid of Alcohol. It also reinforced the 11pm core, change, as that's what my body naturally tried to do. Making that change to my sleep schedule was exceptionally easy.
Around day 80 was I not getting as much accomplished at nights as I wanted to, and as a result started feeling like I might as well sleep. I wasn't tired, I didn't need the sleep, my body just saw it as a reasonable thing to do to kill the bored time. Thus I recommend you try to stay on task, and keep yourself working on something at nights. Those are the toughest times to stay awake, and distractions to prevent you from sleeping are vital.
I had a vaction around day 105. During the vacation, to closer match the sleep schedule of the people I was staying with, I cut my noon nap, and slept longer at night. It worked surprisingly well for the first part of my trip. The Seattle part I was actually able to find corners to crash around noon, so I started doing that again. Still kept a longer core. I didn't feel like I needed it, but it was to not disturb the people I was sharing a room with. It worked quite well.
And that Summarizes some of the big point of my first 100 days of the Everyman Schedule. Hopefully that has been a useful, enlightening read. Any questions or comments, please contact me at chkurz (at) gmail (dot) com.
I started May 14th. I began with a normal night of sleep, then took a nap at noon, and 5pm. The goal at this time was a core from 4am to 7am, with naps at noon, 5 and 11pm. I did not start napping at 11pm until day 3. Around day 3 was when I started doing more productive things in the night as well, like cleaning, making buns, and some light reading.
The first discovery I made was I needed a white noise track. Due to my place of employment being based at the airport, I needed something to drown out the planes. It also would prove to be exceptionally useful in maintaining consistent nap lengths, and has since helped me nap in many different locations.
I found out on day 3 that I was already reliant on my naps. I tried to drive home before a nap, and ended up feeling very tired during the drive, and it was potentially unsafe. Thus it is not recommended you drive during this period, unless you have woken up recently.
I was already close to the schedule I wanted by day 6. My core period at that time was about 3.5 hours That was about it. I had gradually reduced my core sleep throughout the week. having my naps, somewhat forced, then staying up as late as I can before crashing for my core. I always woke up from my core at 7am. On day 7 I tried sleeping just the 3 hours at night, and I was not quite ready yet. Day 7 was also when I started flexing my naps a little.
I was able to flex my noon nap by 1.5 hours, without any bad effects. I was quite tired by the 5pm nap.
On day 10 I had some complications with my cd player dying on me. Without the white noise cd my naps weren't very good. this was a slight setback. I recommend ensuring you have enough power to get you through the day, and carry extra batteries. Since I have gotten an Ipod, this is less of a concern, but do moniter battery life, and try to keep it high enough to last a full nap or 2.
Day 13 was the start of a busy weekend. I tried skipping a nap while I was out, to disasterous results. At a house party the next night, I caught my naps, which helped, but the liquor in my system made me oversleep. I've since discovered anything more than a drink or 2 will cause me to tend to oversleep.
On day 16 I had a rough adjustment period. This was when I had started cutting caffiene from my diet, which I had been using to try and help my sleep cycle change. For adaptation, caffiene helped me wake up after a nap, or core, but in the long term I recommend it be cut. Try a hot glass of water to wake you up, or really ice cold. Around day 16 is also where I speculated that during adaptation at least, the nap location is likely important that it remain consistent. Lately (post 100 days) I can nap anywhere, on my vacation I slept in some irregular locations, but during adapatation I would recommend trying to be consistent in your nap location. While adapting the less that changes the better, so your body just has the odd hours to get accustomed to.
I got sick around day 21. I think it was something I ate. I slept a lot more during that period to try to help me recover. I discussed maybe adding a reset day (which I never did).
Day 22 I skipped a noon nap, and it wasn't overly deterimental. I just felt more tired closer to my 5pm nap. I've since stopped skipping naps, and force myself to nap no matter how late it is. My body often will still get tired for the next nap, and I found that to work better than just flat skipping a nap.
On day 29 I started trying a more consistent wake up routine, as I still found that to be difficult. I was too physically active in it though, as I started getting too stiff. I also had some really good naps at that time.
Around day 44 I became extremely busy and was forced to miss nap, move nap times, and other bad things. I ended the week feeling extremely tired, but made it. It took me a day or so to get back to a regular routine after a messy week.
Day 53 temperature really became an issue. We had a heat wave, which made sleeping in my car difficult. I now always ensure I park in the shade for as much of the day as possible, which usually means moving my car after my noon nap. I also recommend windows open to get a breeze, maybe a fan to help with that. I also use ice packs on the floor of my car to try and smooth the temperature curve. It's helps but not drastically.
On day 57 I overslept my 11pm nap, but overslept it to exactly 3 hours. This is when I first tried a nap at 6:30 am, and a core 11pm-2am. This felt great and would end up being my normal sleep schedule. My body just liked it better. Finding those times when your body actually wants / needs to sleep in interesting. I have no hints to help you find them, just if you feel groggy after a nap consistently, to maybe try shifting it around a bit.
Day 64 I tried sleeping without an alarm. My body no longer lets me sleep more than 4 hours without the aid of Alcohol. It also reinforced the 11pm core, change, as that's what my body naturally tried to do. Making that change to my sleep schedule was exceptionally easy.
Around day 80 was I not getting as much accomplished at nights as I wanted to, and as a result started feeling like I might as well sleep. I wasn't tired, I didn't need the sleep, my body just saw it as a reasonable thing to do to kill the bored time. Thus I recommend you try to stay on task, and keep yourself working on something at nights. Those are the toughest times to stay awake, and distractions to prevent you from sleeping are vital.
I had a vaction around day 105. During the vacation, to closer match the sleep schedule of the people I was staying with, I cut my noon nap, and slept longer at night. It worked surprisingly well for the first part of my trip. The Seattle part I was actually able to find corners to crash around noon, so I started doing that again. Still kept a longer core. I didn't feel like I needed it, but it was to not disturb the people I was sharing a room with. It worked quite well.
And that Summarizes some of the big point of my first 100 days of the Everyman Schedule. Hopefully that has been a useful, enlightening read. Any questions or comments, please contact me at chkurz (at) gmail (dot) com.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Day 108
Just so you all know, I had every intention of making my polyphasic experience summary last night, but I started doing some laundry, which I really needed to do after my vacation, then I figured I'd watch one episode of Death Note. A MAJOR plot twist happened, and I ended up watching more than 1 episode. That show is just too good. Hopefully I'll get something created tonight.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
End of Vacation
My Vacation is over. I am back in S'toon, and heading back to work.
My sleep schedule got a little out of whack for the weekend, Hopefully I can correct it back to normal without too much effort. I have been missing my noon nap, although I have been very good with my supper nap, even though it moved a bit. I might take this chance to readjust my schedule to be more accommodating of my school schedule, which I will need to start following by next week. I guess I'll sit down today and do the math to figure out what good sleep times are. I re-recorded the audio for the video story my friend is doing. I'll be working on a summary version of this blog very shortly in anticipation of that video coming out. I'll let you guys read it once it's done. I might end up being a little more sleep related too, as a result.
I had a great vacation. PAX is always a lot of fun, and this year was no exception. I bought some T-Shirts, met a bunch of people. Got to see some games that aren't coming out for awhile. Nothing quite like last year though. Last year had games that are just coming out now, but almost everything I saw is due out in the next couple months. Still really excited for a lot of them though. Should be a bunch of good You Tube videos of the concerts I went to there, and hopefully some footage of some of the panels and such. I'll try to find some and link them later.
Not excited to go back to work. I have to move my desk today, back out into the rest of the world. there goes my nice little private room. but now maybe I'll be in the loop. I should pick up some better headphones though, as now I won't be able to use my speakers.
Well, off to the shower.
My sleep schedule got a little out of whack for the weekend, Hopefully I can correct it back to normal without too much effort. I have been missing my noon nap, although I have been very good with my supper nap, even though it moved a bit. I might take this chance to readjust my schedule to be more accommodating of my school schedule, which I will need to start following by next week. I guess I'll sit down today and do the math to figure out what good sleep times are. I re-recorded the audio for the video story my friend is doing. I'll be working on a summary version of this blog very shortly in anticipation of that video coming out. I'll let you guys read it once it's done. I might end up being a little more sleep related too, as a result.
I had a great vacation. PAX is always a lot of fun, and this year was no exception. I bought some T-Shirts, met a bunch of people. Got to see some games that aren't coming out for awhile. Nothing quite like last year though. Last year had games that are just coming out now, but almost everything I saw is due out in the next couple months. Still really excited for a lot of them though. Should be a bunch of good You Tube videos of the concerts I went to there, and hopefully some footage of some of the panels and such. I'll try to find some and link them later.
Not excited to go back to work. I have to move my desk today, back out into the rest of the world. there goes my nice little private room. but now maybe I'll be in the loop. I should pick up some better headphones though, as now I won't be able to use my speakers.
Well, off to the shower.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Vancouver
Well, I'm currently i Vancouvr, and having a great time. It's been great to see some people I haven't seen in quite awhile. Plus this city is very pretty. Went out and wandered around vancouver all day yesterday, and covered a ton of ground. My feet are a little sore yet today for all the walking we did. I was totally worth it though. Wnt for dinner with 3 fiends and had some very tasty sushi, n dgot to catch up on a lot of their lives. It's been prety wicked.
When I was in Edmonton on Tuesday, I recorded my narration for the video that is being made. They had some very low qualitymics before, so now that they have something better, we redid the audio. That video is coming along, and I'm excited for it to come out. I do however, need to go through this blog, and make my summary page. I'm expecting a bit more traffic to flood in once the video goes live, as we do mention he blog address. I'll be makin that summary a very high priority probally monday or tuesday, when I'm back from my vacation. I'm looking forward to making it, because it will force me to go back through all the archives and remember where it all began. Should be a good exercise, and remind me of how far I've come, and ow much has changed.
But we're heading ou for breakfast pretty quick here. I'll post again later, hopefully.
When I was in Edmonton on Tuesday, I recorded my narration for the video that is being made. They had some very low qualitymics before, so now that they have something better, we redid the audio. That video is coming along, and I'm excited for it to come out. I do however, need to go through this blog, and make my summary page. I'm expecting a bit more traffic to flood in once the video goes live, as we do mention he blog address. I'll be makin that summary a very high priority probally monday or tuesday, when I'm back from my vacation. I'm looking forward to making it, because it will force me to go back through all the archives and remember where it all began. Should be a good exercise, and remind me of how far I've come, and ow much has changed.
But we're heading ou for breakfast pretty quick here. I'll post again later, hopefully.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Day 99
wow. 99 days of polyphasic sleeping. Neato!
So today is my 1 day work week before my holidays. Makes me very very excited. Do some training today to make sure the office doesn't fall apart while I'm gone. Then I might play some Multiplayer Tower defense online, as I got accepted into the beta for it. Those who don't know, I like tower defense. Check out the casual collective for the best version out there, and the multiplayer version. You need an invite to play, so let me know if you want one. I might upgrade my account type come the beginning of next month, after PAX.
Which is coming up. I am so very excited. I'm currently planning to do laundry, and pack tonight, and hit the road early tommorrow. I hope to hit Edmonton in time for lunch, then visit C at work, and wander around Edmonton. Massage at 5:15 or so, and then dinner with a bunch of friends. Should be a good day. Then I get to spend a couple days in Vancouver! Yay! Visit one of my good friends there. Enjoy the city. Hopefully it's raining less there than here. Then on to PAX, which will be a ton of fun. I'm hoping to place reasonably well in the DS tournament. They are doing a pretty cool 1v1 all weekend "distributed" tournament. You register for it, and you get 2 buttons, then you can play ANY DS game with anyone with a button. The two people just decided on rules, and play. Winner gets to take the other persons button. I'm hoping I can convince a lot of people to play Tetris against me, 1v1. Hopefully that goes well, and I can diversify, and start risking my now large stash of buttons playing like Jump Ultimate stars, or so Ouendan!
But I must get to work. I'll try to make some posts here throughout the week, and PAX summaries, but no promises. Check out like 1up's coverage. I'll try to get in some of their pictures =)
So today is my 1 day work week before my holidays. Makes me very very excited. Do some training today to make sure the office doesn't fall apart while I'm gone. Then I might play some Multiplayer Tower defense online, as I got accepted into the beta for it. Those who don't know, I like tower defense. Check out the casual collective for the best version out there, and the multiplayer version. You need an invite to play, so let me know if you want one. I might upgrade my account type come the beginning of next month, after PAX.
Which is coming up. I am so very excited. I'm currently planning to do laundry, and pack tonight, and hit the road early tommorrow. I hope to hit Edmonton in time for lunch, then visit C at work, and wander around Edmonton. Massage at 5:15 or so, and then dinner with a bunch of friends. Should be a good day. Then I get to spend a couple days in Vancouver! Yay! Visit one of my good friends there. Enjoy the city. Hopefully it's raining less there than here. Then on to PAX, which will be a ton of fun. I'm hoping to place reasonably well in the DS tournament. They are doing a pretty cool 1v1 all weekend "distributed" tournament. You register for it, and you get 2 buttons, then you can play ANY DS game with anyone with a button. The two people just decided on rules, and play. Winner gets to take the other persons button. I'm hoping I can convince a lot of people to play Tetris against me, 1v1. Hopefully that goes well, and I can diversify, and start risking my now large stash of buttons playing like Jump Ultimate stars, or so Ouendan!
But I must get to work. I'll try to make some posts here throughout the week, and PAX summaries, but no promises. Check out like 1up's coverage. I'll try to get in some of their pictures =)
Monday, August 13, 2007
Day 92
wow. 92 days into my sleep schedule. That's pretty great. I still love it.
Work trip ended up being long. I was stuck away from home for pretty much a full week. It also was hard on my sleep schedule, as I had very little to amuse me at night. Thu I'll admit, I went a little lenient and slept more than usual (like a long 4.5 hours a night! plus naps still!) but as soon as I got home, I ended up cheating a bit more, but those were liquor induced. But for today, with work, back on track, going great. I got sucked into an extra episode of Death Note, which made my morning nap a little later (didn't hit the sack until abuot 6:50 or so...) but I feel great today.
Getting pretty excited for my vacation coming up. Decided today that a massage would be a kick ass way to start it, and talked to my world famous massage therapist (edit: sorry for the previously used term, which is apparently bad) friend (well, famous in my word anyway) and she had the perfect opening for me. Hopefully my boss is ok with the slight change in plan to accomidate that. It'll be such an awesome week. I'll be writing about it when I get a chance, but I don't know how often that will be... It will be an expensive week though. Good thing the Dollar is doing so well, makes the Seattle portion of the holiday good, but I'm still anticipating spending a reasonable amount of cash... That's what holidays are for though! I can't spend too much though, as there is like a billion games i need to buy in the next couple months.
So after my post about tetris, it got me missing that game, so I ended up playing a fair bit of it while travelling. I still have most of my touch. first couple rounds were rusty, couldn't pass the level 16 stack 5 mode. But about 5 or 6 loses, I remembered how to play. I also suck at that catch mode. I don't do making big squares, I make lines! SO hopefully now that I've practiced a bit again, there will be a Tetris tournament at PAX. I didn't do that bad last year, but I think I could do better. I had a poor strat for the setup. setting up the triple Tetris from the get go jsut doesn't work when items are involved. Also I might enter the Guitar Hero Tournaments. I don't think I'll win, as I'm not as good or hard core as some, but I finally finished Expert, so I feel like I won't be the worst there (especially if Roomie N enters, ZING!) There's team tournament too, so I might have to ask Roomie R and train a little this weekend.
Other Part of Pax I'm really excited for, is dragging other friends along! I'm working on convincing a friend from Vancouver to come, and some of the Georgian's are coming. (which reminds me, I should call and confirm numbers with them) Hopefully we haven't out grown 2 hotel rooms yet...
But I should get back to work. Another post in the future!
Work trip ended up being long. I was stuck away from home for pretty much a full week. It also was hard on my sleep schedule, as I had very little to amuse me at night. Thu I'll admit, I went a little lenient and slept more than usual (like a long 4.5 hours a night! plus naps still!) but as soon as I got home, I ended up cheating a bit more, but those were liquor induced. But for today, with work, back on track, going great. I got sucked into an extra episode of Death Note, which made my morning nap a little later (didn't hit the sack until abuot 6:50 or so...) but I feel great today.
Getting pretty excited for my vacation coming up. Decided today that a massage would be a kick ass way to start it, and talked to my world famous massage therapist (edit: sorry for the previously used term, which is apparently bad) friend (well, famous in my word anyway) and she had the perfect opening for me. Hopefully my boss is ok with the slight change in plan to accomidate that. It'll be such an awesome week. I'll be writing about it when I get a chance, but I don't know how often that will be... It will be an expensive week though. Good thing the Dollar is doing so well, makes the Seattle portion of the holiday good, but I'm still anticipating spending a reasonable amount of cash... That's what holidays are for though! I can't spend too much though, as there is like a billion games i need to buy in the next couple months.
So after my post about tetris, it got me missing that game, so I ended up playing a fair bit of it while travelling. I still have most of my touch. first couple rounds were rusty, couldn't pass the level 16 stack 5 mode. But about 5 or 6 loses, I remembered how to play. I also suck at that catch mode. I don't do making big squares, I make lines! SO hopefully now that I've practiced a bit again, there will be a Tetris tournament at PAX. I didn't do that bad last year, but I think I could do better. I had a poor strat for the setup. setting up the triple Tetris from the get go jsut doesn't work when items are involved. Also I might enter the Guitar Hero Tournaments. I don't think I'll win, as I'm not as good or hard core as some, but I finally finished Expert, so I feel like I won't be the worst there (especially if Roomie N enters, ZING!) There's team tournament too, so I might have to ask Roomie R and train a little this weekend.
Other Part of Pax I'm really excited for, is dragging other friends along! I'm working on convincing a friend from Vancouver to come, and some of the Georgian's are coming. (which reminds me, I should call and confirm numbers with them) Hopefully we haven't out grown 2 hotel rooms yet...
But I should get back to work. Another post in the future!
Friday, August 3, 2007
Long Weekend
So I'm spending my long weekend out of town, working. Which somewhat sucks. At least I have some friends where I'm heading, and can hopefully have some time to visit with them.
This will be my first business trip since I've changed my sleeping habits. It makes me a little nervous. I hope our customers are understanding when I have to take a nap break throughout the day. I'm also worried because since I'll not be home, I won't have access to a lot of the stuff I normally do to stay up at night. So hopefully I can find something in the hotel to keep me busy, or read or something. The other catch is I'm going with a co-worker, who doens't really know anyone in Edmonton. So I need to keep a somewhat normal eating and sleep schedule plan with the customer. It shall be interesting. Also likely good practice for my trip to the Penny Arcade Expo at the end of the month. PAX will be harder, because I'll be sharing a hotel room with other people who are hibernating.
Other odd part about this business trip, I'm the senior going, which means I have to pay for almost everything, which sucks. I of course will get reimbursed, but I can technically approve my co-workers expenses. Of course, I'll get in trouble if I approve anything bad, like beer, but still. I might have to abuse that a little, just for fun.
Well, I should probally make sure I have everything ready to go.
This will be my first business trip since I've changed my sleeping habits. It makes me a little nervous. I hope our customers are understanding when I have to take a nap break throughout the day. I'm also worried because since I'll not be home, I won't have access to a lot of the stuff I normally do to stay up at night. So hopefully I can find something in the hotel to keep me busy, or read or something. The other catch is I'm going with a co-worker, who doens't really know anyone in Edmonton. So I need to keep a somewhat normal eating and sleep schedule plan with the customer. It shall be interesting. Also likely good practice for my trip to the Penny Arcade Expo at the end of the month. PAX will be harder, because I'll be sharing a hotel room with other people who are hibernating.
Other odd part about this business trip, I'm the senior going, which means I have to pay for almost everything, which sucks. I of course will get reimbursed, but I can technically approve my co-workers expenses. Of course, I'll get in trouble if I approve anything bad, like beer, but still. I might have to abuse that a little, just for fun.
Well, I should probally make sure I have everything ready to go.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
day 80
Man o Man, I suck at regular updating. I am soo sorry to both of my readers who are still reading.
I've been working quite hard lateely. I spent a lot of last week working overtime trying to get one of my devices finished. Then this week, not as bad during the week, but I'm spending my entire long weekend out at a customers location. My holiday at the end of the month couldn't come soon enough.
That said, it's been a huge headache lately too. My flights are getting jerked around, and the people I booked through, CheapTickets, absolutely suck. My flight got changed by the airline, so I called them to get it changed back to an evening departure. I spent about an hour and a bit on that call. I was told it was fixed, and I'd get a confirmation email shortly. I never got a confirmation email, so I called them again, and they told me they couldn't even check the status of those flights anymore. Awesome. SO I had to call Air Canada directly, and talk to them, who then informed me that my flights had not been changed to the evening at all. Thus CheapTickets actually did absolutely nothing. So I paid the surcharge, and got the Air Canada rep to transfer my booking to Air Canada directly, and change my flight times to the ones I wanted. Now I'm filing a complaint against Cheap Tickets, and I'm going to fight to get my $25 surcharge back. It's gotten me very concerned about the rest of the trip, so now I'm checking everything, and making sure all my shit is confirmed correctly.
Sleeping has been going well. There's been some days where I just haven't been motivated to do anything in the evening (between like 4am and 6 am) so I've been reading, and sometimes if I'm reading in my room, I get really sleepy again. Not tired, just sleepy. it's an odd feeling. I don't feel like I need the sleep.
But I should get to work. I'll post again sometime this month =)
I've been working quite hard lateely. I spent a lot of last week working overtime trying to get one of my devices finished. Then this week, not as bad during the week, but I'm spending my entire long weekend out at a customers location. My holiday at the end of the month couldn't come soon enough.
That said, it's been a huge headache lately too. My flights are getting jerked around, and the people I booked through, CheapTickets, absolutely suck. My flight got changed by the airline, so I called them to get it changed back to an evening departure. I spent about an hour and a bit on that call. I was told it was fixed, and I'd get a confirmation email shortly. I never got a confirmation email, so I called them again, and they told me they couldn't even check the status of those flights anymore. Awesome. SO I had to call Air Canada directly, and talk to them, who then informed me that my flights had not been changed to the evening at all. Thus CheapTickets actually did absolutely nothing. So I paid the surcharge, and got the Air Canada rep to transfer my booking to Air Canada directly, and change my flight times to the ones I wanted. Now I'm filing a complaint against Cheap Tickets, and I'm going to fight to get my $25 surcharge back. It's gotten me very concerned about the rest of the trip, so now I'm checking everything, and making sure all my shit is confirmed correctly.
Sleeping has been going well. There's been some days where I just haven't been motivated to do anything in the evening (between like 4am and 6 am) so I've been reading, and sometimes if I'm reading in my room, I get really sleepy again. Not tired, just sleepy. it's an odd feeling. I don't feel like I need the sleep.
But I should get to work. I'll post again sometime this month =)
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