I got a lot of sleep last night. Like, I slept from 11:30 till about 8:45. It was great. I also know that Nicole got a lot of sleep. She finished up her last Dean's Date. So yeah. Everyone, and by everyone, I mean Nicole and me, got sleep last night.
Anyway, I've been doing pretty well. I've been spending a lot of time with my friends. Lot's of partying. Lot's of working out and climbing. Plus that work thing is good. I've been getting a lot of stuff done. Which is good.
Nicole is doing well. She just finished up her thesis and stuff, so I'm really proud of her. Just wanted to say congrats to her and everyone else in Princeton's Class of 2005. Congrats on your last Dean's Date and being only a few weeks away from freedom.
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I had a good night last night. I hit the gym, which was great, and I got a chance to see the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie. The movie was ok, it had moments of hilarity, but the ending kind of sucked. The gym, on the other hand was very good. But it tends to be.
As I was working out yesterday, I was able to realize I was feeling so depressed recently. For a while, I had no life other than work and coming home to play World of Warcraft. It's not that I didn't want to do anything else, I just didn't have the energy. Right after Sakura-con, I got sick, and wasn't able to really do much of anything for two weeks. My weekends weren't great because I had to go into work to make up the time so I could see Nicole and make up for all of the time I wasn't productive during the week.
It's safe to say my life was pretty awful. I had no work/life balance. I didn't do any of the things I really enjoy doing. Hell, I barely saw any of my friends. I literally went out like twice. And when I was out, I was generally tired and trying to recover. I was miserable.
But I'm feeling a lot better now. I'm already back in my groove. I went out with friends Tuesday night. I went rock climbing Wednesday. Yesterday it was the Gym and a movie with friends. Tonight I have a big Cinco De Mayo party. It's just like life was prior to the con. Which is nice.
Alright, Dan is out of the shower, so I can get moving. Anyway, have a good day, ya'll.
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1. I talk too much about my relationship. I need to protect it's privacy better. 2. My body can no longer handle large amounts of caffine. 3 Mountain Dews is way too many. My stomach is not pleased. [edit] Actually, it's more like I'm really feeling it. Both physically and psychologically. Damn, coming down from the alcohol on Tuesday wasn't this bad.
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I have had a slight regression. It's not bad, totally. I've kind of reset my coding mentality to what it used to be. And not by a few months or even a year or two. I'm talking sophmore year. It's crazy.
Yeah, I started today by drinking a can of Mountain Dew. At 9:45 in the morning. I'm up to can number 3. This may not sound like a lot, but the most caffine I'd get in a typical day was maybe having a single can of Coke. So yeah, now I'm locked on programming.
The next part was putting on the right music. I came into the office listening to Metallica, and I've been jamming to techno all day. But once I get out of this meeting, it's going to be straight to Dance Dance Revolution. Yes, I am completely reverting back to sophmore year.
So yes, I am not at Coding Stan: Stage 2. Depending on how things go, I may come back to the office after seeing HHGG tonight. In which case, I would hit Stage 3: All out Code Machine.
Don't worry. I'll return to “normal” once I get a good handle on the programming work I have to do. But for now, I'm enjoying being semi-uber again.
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I went climbing for the first time in weeks today. Man it felt good. Really good. Have to get things back on track. Yes, yes I do. God April was a messed up month.
Why was April messed up? Well, two weeks being sick combined with having to work weekends so I could go to House Parties left me pretty rocked. It started just after Sakura-con and it just kept going downhill. I wasn't able to lift or climb for three weeks. And that just really left me in a bad place.
But things are looking up. Starting today, I'm on the path to getting my groove back. Which is important. I've been really out of it these past couple of weeks. Both at work and in my personal life. But I'm getting back my groove. This is the key to many things.
Tomorrow I'm going to go lift. Friday, I'll party. Saturday I'll clean the apartment and hang networking cable. I'll also get in a lift. Sunday, it's the gym and video games with a 95% chance of nappage. These are key tennets to my groove. Rock climbing. Partying with friends. Lifting. Napping. Yeah. I'm gonna get my groove back.
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