CPAP, day 6

Well, I somehow forgot to blog this morning. No real reason. Just kind of forgot.

Anyway, I had a pretty doggone good night of sleep, interrupted by a stupid iPod alarm and a dog needing to go out. But overall, a good night of sleep. My nostrils are still a little sore -- I will have to figure that out.

The past two lunch hours, I have managed to walk the dog for 25 minutes, which is amazing for two reasons. 1) I actually had a thought about exercise that got past the idea stage and didn't just end up with me eating another handful of cheeseballs and resolving to do better tomorrow; and 2) The dog did not drive me completely insane by pulling me down the sidewalk.

Regarding the latter, it is important to realize that I haven't bothered trying to walk the dog since last summer. She was impossible to train. For 5 straight months, I walked that hound every single morning at 6am. I consistently stopped each time she got ahead of me and made her come to my side and sit. I would take 5 steps and she would be out in front, pulling again. This went on without improvement for 5 months -- and I gave up. Keep in mind that this is an otherwise very trainable dog. She fetches tennis balls and drops them at your feet every time. She will sit, stay, shake hands, speak, back up, lay down, turn around, rotate, jump, roll over, and leave it on command. She can catch a frisbee by jumping over 8' in the air (see an example of a less than 8' jump here to get the idea). But when we went for a walk, she failed. So, I quit trying. Well, I said I would try again later. Of course, I have said those words about a lot of things. But, with her 1st birthday approaching next month, she has shown much promise of growing up and calming down. In fact, we leave her in the house alone for 4 hours at a time without incident. So I thought walking her was worth a shot. And sure enough, she seems nearly trainable in this regard. Another week and she'll be ready for my wife to walk her, too.

Anyway, I haven't felt the need to nap in the afternoon for a few days now and I am looking forward to feeling even better in a few more weeks. I should have gone to see my doctor years ago.

And that's the CPAP news from Browerville.

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