08.09.99
Relief and Rest / Coffee!
It’s really amazing what getting projects done and off my mind can do for my well being.
The past few weeks, it’s been more and more difficult to get out of bed at 7:30am, my current target time for getting on with my morning. Last Monday was the worst, with my struggle to geet out of bed not being won until nearly 10:00am.
Most of this I blame on stress and personal feelings of not quite failure, but more of impending doom. This ‘Doom Gloom’ really wears me out, causes a strange version of insomnia (where I don’t want to go to bed, not the usual kind of insomnia where a person can’t fall asleep once they’re in bed.)
A hallmark of my stress-out chemistry is when I easily get canker sores in my mouth. Hepatitis A, I think. Anyway, whenever the trimuverate of poor diet, high stress, and no orange juice take over, I end up getting these painful sores.
Lately, I haven’t been drinking much Orange Juice. (except for the occasional splurge for ‘Sun’ from the Snapple ‘Elements’ line of chiled drinks) Normally this would be a sure thing to bring on the sores, but they haven’t appeared.
Add that to the fact that I got up at about 7:35 this morning and it makes for a cheary, energetic, and yes, even playful Ross. I’d like to keep it that way.
Note: This Saturday at the Millenium Cafe on SE 20th I’ll be hosting a Web Coffee, open to all web designers, developers, professionals and beginners. I’ll be there at 11:00 am, and start discussing my topic, (My summer class at PSU) at 11:30am. Come join us!