After a long birthday of talking to people on Twitter, playing with puppies, and getting aggravated when I picked up my first take out meal in weeks only to see half the staff not wearing masks, I was ready to get back to work. It was going to be easy to get back into the writing swing of things. Or so I thought. 4:50 - Wow. I'm awake and I've never wanted to do this less. 5:00 - There's still chocolate shavings from my birthday cake still stuck in my teeth, so I am going to brush before I get...

It's my birthday today, and I'm spending the wee hours of the morning writing about an alien virus that's going to destroy the planet. Which, in all honestly, is exactly what I wanted to be doing today. Let's see how today's 5am Writer’s Club Challenge went! 3:00 - Why am I up this early? 3:05 - I went to bed a little early yesterday, so I'd actually be able to get up on time for once. Is that why my body is waking me up at this insane hour? 3:06 - I'll just go back to bed. 4:15 - OK,...

Day Two was tricky. But today was a hard one. Let's get right into it. 4:45 - Oh god. Is that my alarm? I'm absolutely exhausted. 4:46 - How am I this tired? I remember getting distracted watching Marvel movie clips before I went to bed last night, but that shouldn't have done this. I only fell asleep 30 minutes later than expected! How did that make me this tired? 4:46 - OK, no big deal. I'll just take a ten minute power nap, then I'll get up. Power naps are supposed to trick your brain into feeling more alert....