{"id":9036,"date":"2012-01-13T08:42:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T14:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=9036"},"modified":"2012-01-13T08:42:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T14:42:34","slug":"awake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/awake\/","title":{"rendered":"Awake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Soulman<\/a><\/p>\n

Today is Five-Minute Friday, in which The Gypsy Mama<\/a> gives a writing prompt and bloggers write for the love of writing for five minutes. Then hit publish. Just write. Today’s prompt is “awake.”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

It was 4:54 am.<\/p>\n

I know – because I checked.<\/p>\n

I was awoken by a dream, or maybe it was just my internal clock setting in to my new goals for myself.<\/p>\n

Early to rise has never been my montra but I decided last month that if I was going to get at least semi-serious about getting healthy, the early mornings might be my only time to get active.<\/p>\n

As I looked at the alarm clock across the room, my eyes adjusted to the darkness.<\/p>\n

“Mmmm these blankets are so warm. And it’s so cold out there.”<\/p>\n

I rolled over and lulled myself back to sleep in a moment.<\/p>\n

Six-minutes later my alarm sounded.<\/p>\n

I rolled out of bed and stretched to reach my alarm clock (aka iPhone) in the nearby corner.<\/p>\n

I’ve had to move my phone further and further away to get away from hitting the snooze and climbing back under the covers.<\/p>\n

I stumbled to the bathroom where I very slowly went through the motions of getting ready for my morning walk.<\/p>\n

I checked the outside temperature – 28 degrees.<\/p>\n

“Yup! It’s gonna be a cold one,” I thought.<\/p>\n

I pulled on my clothes, laced my shoes, stuck my earbuds in my ear and 30 minutes after my alarm sounded, I headed to the front door.<\/p>\n

I was still in that early morning haze as I started to walk around the block.<\/p>\n

But as the music pumped through my ears and ultimately through every part of my body, the adrenaline began.<\/p>\n

The drums hitting, the bass slapping — and 15 minutes in I was awake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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