A Nitrous Crouton

I have finally started running again, which was long overdue. Getting back into the routine is, needless to say, making for a sore week. Exercise is a much needed step in hauling myself out of the current malaise I’ve been mired in.

We’ll see how much of an unanticipated kick in the pants I end up receiving, one of the two projects I was rolling on to has been canceled. I would like to transition, but would really rather prefer having something to transition to. Interesting times.

Last week was an exciting week to be a space geek with the NASA COTS Phase 1 award announcement. I was very happy to see SpaceX and RPK-Kistler win. It would be awesome to work on say, the Dragon avionics software. Sadly, with no direct aerospace experience, to say I’d be a hard sell would be an understatement.

My writing seems even rustier than my running, this is going to take some ramp-up.

It has been a long absence from blogging. I don’t really feel like writing at the moment. Actually, I don’t really feeling like doing much of anything at the moment. I’ve seen another software project through to completion. The fact that I merely feel relief rather than elation is probably a sign. That I feel exhaustion is expected.

Figuring out how to ‘recharge’ at the moment is difficult. I have reached a place where I feel I am going backwards from my long-term goals, and am at a point where it is difficult to ascertain how best to arrest and reverse the process. I am definitely going to have to make some major changes, but I have no idea at the moment of the details or circumstances. I’m trying to figure out the transitional step, but it remains ethereal.

I’ve been playing far more World of Warcraft than I really should. I’ve recently engaged in a minor Amazon splurge of some brain-expanding literature to assist in getting myself back on track. In my ideal world, I’d have a bit of a breathing space about now, sans stresses and pressures. I’m not prone to idleness, but I think I need the space to become restless, reset and refocus.

A pox on burnout and lethargy.