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 The snooze button and I have a very intimate relationship.  The alarm goes off, I smack it and convince myself that in 9 minutes I will really get up, sleep 9 minutes, and repeat (10-15 times).  Reality always sets in when I realize that the time to shower, eat, make lunch, and drive to work is greater than the difference between the current time and 9:00.  I beat myself up for sleeping in so long and vow to never do it again.  Today I went so far as to google "how to get out of bed when the alarm goes off."  I’m going to give the first hit a shot.  Wish me luck.

 To summarize the strategy:

(1) Realize that you make shitty decisions when waking up (aka: snooze).

(2) Stop making decisions when you wake up.  How?  Turn getting up into a habit.  (see #3).

(3) Practice getting up to an alarm.  (At night, set your alarm for 5 minutes, get in bed, and then get up when the alarm goes off.  Repeat over and over).

(4) Set your alarm for the same time, every day, Monday through Sunday.  When the bell rings, salivate.

UPDATE: 6:15 a.m.  Day 1.  I’m awake.  KICK ASS!
              6:00 a.m.  Day 2.  w00t.

 My week of cat-sitting is over.  No more 5:00 a.m. wake-up calls, stinky butt-wiping, or litter box cleaning.  Hell, I’m not going to pretend it wasn’t fun.  Felix was my #1 fan for a week, following me around the house, head butting me, and cuddling on the couch over a bowl of popcorn and movie.  I promised Jenni that I would take some pictures of him.  Felix might have a future in modeling…my favorites below.

3 days, 2000 miles, 25 bouldering problems, 52 stars, 5 heart flutters, and 697 pictures.

Tick List:

Sherwin Plateau
(1) Church of the Lost & Found, V1, 3 stars
(2) Cossaboom Bang Bang, V0, 2 stars
(3) Pocket Wall, V1, 2 stars, 1 heart flutter

The Happy’s
(4) Pig Pen, V2, 3 stars
(5) Pig Pen Slab (Unnamed), V1, 2 stars
(6) Corner, V0, 3 stars, 1 heart flutter
(7) Veruca Salt, I Want You, V0-, 3 stars
(8) A Flake as Marvelous as You, Veruca, V0-, 2 stars
(9) Happy Hooker, V0+, 1 star
(10) Grant’s Christmas Present, V1, 1 star
(11) Heavenly Path, V1, 3 stars
(12) Celestial Trail, V0-, 2 stars, 1 heart flutter
(13) Donkey Boy, V0+, 2 stars, 1 heart flutter
(14) Up Your Skirt, Left, V2, 2 stars
(15) Dumb, V0-
(16) I Killed A Man…, V1, 1 star, 1 heart flutter

The Sad’s
(17) The Arete, V0-, 3 stars
(18) The Groove, V0-, 3 stars
(19) Prozac Nation, V2, 2 stars
(20) Garden Pest, V0+, 2 stars

The Buttermilks
(21) Hero Roof, V0, 3 stars
(22) Hager Boulder (unnamed), V0
(23) Tut Boulder (unnamed), V0, 2 stars
(24) Robinson’s Rubber Tester, V0, 2 stars
(25) Green Wall Essential, V2, 3 stars

Trip photos to follow.  If you’re on the edge of your seat and can’t wait for the next post, check out my climbing gallery.