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Energy/health journal #1
Jul. 9th, 2013 10:43 pm I might come up with a more interesting, eye-catching name for this at some point, but right now I'm drawing a blank.
The original thought was simply that I would send group emails to my family about my activities and update them on what I was doing, how I was doing, and so forth.
However, it came to mind that it would be a lot easier if I just put it in blog format. Easier to just link people. Easier for me to look back over later. Easier to have it be a journal with a vague idea of an audience rather than a missive because then levels of intimacy and expected feedback are a lot more manageable. Mostly the latter.
Woke up at 9:30ish today, but I think it was about 10:00am before I fully awakened and rolled out of bed.
Managed to answer some work emails, had some lunch of pot-stickers and crawled back into bed for a nap at about 1pm because I was feeling lethargic and tired despite my late rising.
I was going to drive to F-ham to visit the parents, but the sleepy nixed that idea right quick.
Woke up periodically to deal with work when calls came in but otherwise slept until 4pm when I dragged myself out of bed despite still feeling like I could have slept more because I knew if I didn't I wouldn't be able to sleep at a reasonable hour tonight.
Drank some papaya milk. Made cabbage soup and had a bowl.
Did dishes, washed my three pots, and tidied up a bit, but not much more than that.
My brain feels like it's offline, with complete lack of focus. I forget what I want to do while I'm trying to do it, which results in many trips back and forth between the bedroom and the kitchen while I try to remember what I'm walking into another room for.
Vague soreness with tenderness and mild complaints from my body that I haven't been drinking enough water. Still coughing up some phlegm with my throat feeling a bit coated after sleep. Odd proctalgia fugax. Nightmares all throughout the nap.
I was feeling somewhat confused by today because yesterday I woke up at 9:30, bounced out of bed, and did almost a full day of cleaning, complete with walking to the post office and back (1 mile, ish) in the heat.
I need to remember that the month before was Hell in terms of stress about moving, a lot of physical exertion due to packing, and scrambling to clean the old place up enough to get our deposit back. I was also working during that entire period, with little let up about this I had to do and deal with. Also, boot camp Peru (yes, hyperbole) was not the best de-stressor there was. Asides from the altitude sickness, we were having extremely early wake-up calls on a consistent basis and walking around quite a lot for much of it.
Put that way, I think I'm going to stop worrying about what people will think and just concentrate on recuperating.
Summer is my time. When I go to farmer's markets and the beach and revel in my job winding down.
I've realized that part of my problem before was that I gave too much of myself to various things in my life -- my job, doing things for the people in my life, and I need to stop if I'm going to be healthy.
So tomorrow I'm going to the farmer's market in Davis Sq and Arlington because that will get me out of the house, walk around, and try to get more than the 1000 steps I had today. Taking it easy is in the cards. If the fam wants me, little bro's gonna have to come and get me.
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九点多醒来，十点下床。头有点昏沉，感觉全身乏力，酸胀痛。肠胃不是很舒服，吃了点东西还有处理了一些公事又上床午睡了。恶梦连连，大约四点多勉强爬起来。喝了点木瓜牛奶，晚餐喝了些包心菜汤。思绪感觉有些混乱，集中不太起来。时常走到客厅或者厨房就忘了要做什么了。喉咙还是有痰。
今天大略就昏昏沉沉的过了。
明天打算去农夫市场走走，希望能提起一点精神。暑假嘛，只要该处理的事情处理好了，我不打算担心太多，好好休息养身体。
The original thought was simply that I would send group emails to my family about my activities and update them on what I was doing, how I was doing, and so forth.
However, it came to mind that it would be a lot easier if I just put it in blog format. Easier to just link people. Easier for me to look back over later. Easier to have it be a journal with a vague idea of an audience rather than a missive because then levels of intimacy and expected feedback are a lot more manageable. Mostly the latter.
Woke up at 9:30ish today, but I think it was about 10:00am before I fully awakened and rolled out of bed.
Managed to answer some work emails, had some lunch of pot-stickers and crawled back into bed for a nap at about 1pm because I was feeling lethargic and tired despite my late rising.
I was going to drive to F-ham to visit the parents, but the sleepy nixed that idea right quick.
Woke up periodically to deal with work when calls came in but otherwise slept until 4pm when I dragged myself out of bed despite still feeling like I could have slept more because I knew if I didn't I wouldn't be able to sleep at a reasonable hour tonight.
Drank some papaya milk. Made cabbage soup and had a bowl.
Did dishes, washed my three pots, and tidied up a bit, but not much more than that.
My brain feels like it's offline, with complete lack of focus. I forget what I want to do while I'm trying to do it, which results in many trips back and forth between the bedroom and the kitchen while I try to remember what I'm walking into another room for.
Vague soreness with tenderness and mild complaints from my body that I haven't been drinking enough water. Still coughing up some phlegm with my throat feeling a bit coated after sleep. Odd proctalgia fugax. Nightmares all throughout the nap.
I was feeling somewhat confused by today because yesterday I woke up at 9:30, bounced out of bed, and did almost a full day of cleaning, complete with walking to the post office and back (1 mile, ish) in the heat.
I need to remember that the month before was Hell in terms of stress about moving, a lot of physical exertion due to packing, and scrambling to clean the old place up enough to get our deposit back. I was also working during that entire period, with little let up about this I had to do and deal with. Also, boot camp Peru (yes, hyperbole) was not the best de-stressor there was. Asides from the altitude sickness, we were having extremely early wake-up calls on a consistent basis and walking around quite a lot for much of it.
Put that way, I think I'm going to stop worrying about what people will think and just concentrate on recuperating.
Summer is my time. When I go to farmer's markets and the beach and revel in my job winding down.
I've realized that part of my problem before was that I gave too much of myself to various things in my life -- my job, doing things for the people in my life, and I need to stop if I'm going to be healthy.
So tomorrow I'm going to the farmer's market in Davis Sq and Arlington because that will get me out of the house, walk around, and try to get more than the 1000 steps I had today. Taking it easy is in the cards. If the fam wants me, little bro's gonna have to come and get me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
九点多醒来，十点下床。头有点昏沉，感觉全身乏力，酸胀痛。肠胃不是很舒服，吃了点东西还有处理了一些公事又上床午睡了。恶梦连连，大约四点多勉强爬起来。喝了点木瓜牛奶，晚餐喝了些包心菜汤。思绪感觉有些混乱，集中不太起来。时常走到客厅或者厨房就忘了要做什么了。喉咙还是有痰。
今天大略就昏昏沉沉的过了。
明天打算去农夫市场走走，希望能提起一点精神。暑假嘛，只要该处理的事情处理好了，我不打算担心太多，好好休息养身体。
