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Today is.....not natural.
I woke up at 9 AM (first alarm again), and made a few bad decisions regarding waking up. Specifically, I went back to sleep and waited for my other alarms (not a terrible idea), and then after my last alarm, rolled over and fell asleep again. I still managed to wake up at about 20 after, sat up for a few minutes, and then got up to get ready. Did that, and was left with some brief time to myself before I needed to leave, so I tidied up for a few minutes, looked around, grabbed my things and left for work.
I feel very alert today, and in fact, I feel much the same way I did after my surgery, where a week of drug-induced slumber left me waking up a half hour before sunrise (in the summertime) and barely able to stay awake after getting home from work, often falling asleep on the couch less than 30 minutes after I got home.
It's an unnatural feeling for me, but has that exciting spark of the uncommon that I am hungering so greatly for. In that regard, it's making me feel good about today, and I'm going to try and make that continue. Yesterday I felt quite good for most of the day, but crashed into a mopey malaise some time around midnight and stayed that way until 3, when I chose to watch some TV before bed. I need to do more cleaning, more cooking. On that note, the whole eating less thing went well yesterday. I ate a half of a hamburger for lunch, and 2 Quizno's sammies and a cookie for dinner. I don't even really feel hungry right now, and I even feel slimmer today (larger shirt, I think) so that's contributing to my good mood. It's very pleasant here during the daytime in Cruces, so on my days off I anticipate getting out in the mountains, or running errands the long way just to have an excuse to be out. The nights are still pretty effing chilly, which I have noticed even more since I decided to cut back on my heater usage. This is probably another reason I slept so well.
Still want to watch some hockey. Hey Jason, I'd say we should go on March 4th, but it looks like they're sold out (big surprise).
As far as my writing commission is going, progress is steady, and I hope to have a first draft done by the first of the month. It's nothing spectacular, I don't feel like it's my best work, but I'm putting my best into it. What is it that Neil Gaiman said? "This is a better idea than I am a writer." The medium I'm working with here is also difficult to express my full vision as well, but it just means that I need to make the scarce words I have at my disposal very full and profound. Easy enough, right?
I woke up at 9 AM (first alarm again), and made a few bad decisions regarding waking up. Specifically, I went back to sleep and waited for my other alarms (not a terrible idea), and then after my last alarm, rolled over and fell asleep again. I still managed to wake up at about 20 after, sat up for a few minutes, and then got up to get ready. Did that, and was left with some brief time to myself before I needed to leave, so I tidied up for a few minutes, looked around, grabbed my things and left for work.
I feel very alert today, and in fact, I feel much the same way I did after my surgery, where a week of drug-induced slumber left me waking up a half hour before sunrise (in the summertime) and barely able to stay awake after getting home from work, often falling asleep on the couch less than 30 minutes after I got home.
It's an unnatural feeling for me, but has that exciting spark of the uncommon that I am hungering so greatly for. In that regard, it's making me feel good about today, and I'm going to try and make that continue. Yesterday I felt quite good for most of the day, but crashed into a mopey malaise some time around midnight and stayed that way until 3, when I chose to watch some TV before bed. I need to do more cleaning, more cooking. On that note, the whole eating less thing went well yesterday. I ate a half of a hamburger for lunch, and 2 Quizno's sammies and a cookie for dinner. I don't even really feel hungry right now, and I even feel slimmer today (larger shirt, I think) so that's contributing to my good mood. It's very pleasant here during the daytime in Cruces, so on my days off I anticipate getting out in the mountains, or running errands the long way just to have an excuse to be out. The nights are still pretty effing chilly, which I have noticed even more since I decided to cut back on my heater usage. This is probably another reason I slept so well.
Still want to watch some hockey. Hey Jason, I'd say we should go on March 4th, but it looks like they're sold out (big surprise).
As far as my writing commission is going, progress is steady, and I hope to have a first draft done by the first of the month. It's nothing spectacular, I don't feel like it's my best work, but I'm putting my best into it. What is it that Neil Gaiman said? "This is a better idea than I am a writer." The medium I'm working with here is also difficult to express my full vision as well, but it just means that I need to make the scarce words I have at my disposal very full and profound. Easy enough, right?