A Nitrous Crouton

And now back to productivity. There is much to do in 2007.

Well, there will be once my brain is engaged. While I am not a morning person, and have a tendency to stay up later than planned and thus arise later than planned, my main client is in the Eastern Time Zone, making this problematic. I slipped into old habits over the holidays and forced myself up earlier than usual this morning. The caffeine hasn’t quite broken through the brain fog yet. Since I am in no shape to write any code yet, I might as well jump on an additional discipline of trying to be more regular with my writing. A short blog entry, a Monday brunch, and hopefully I should be set to knock out my programming to-do list for today. At least the morning email is out of the way.

I’m trying not to be too hard on myself for blowing off the second half of my New Year’s Weekend to-do list for vegging out and playing Battleground PvP WoW for much of the weekend. I do feel better rested, although since I haven’t quite been able to shake the feeling of running slightly behind on everything, the rest is kind of riddled with an undercurrent of stress.

While great fun, the sibling holiday visit of 2006 was also exhausting. Long days were part of it, as well as lots of driving around Southern California. But going to densely peopled areas, especially Sea World definitely drained me. I am definitely a classic strong introvert. I am even less used to being in a sea of people these days and it take a lot out of me. It was worth it to see the Shamu show, however. Aside from that, Sea World really wasn’t that interesting as an adult with no children.

I’m pretty daunted by 2007. I’ve got a big long list of stuff that Needs to get done (pay the bills) stuff I Want to get done (advance world domination), and stuff that would be Fun to do (he says that now). Getting back into a regular exercise routine is going to have to get bumped to the head of the queue, because right now I just don’t feel the energy to do much more than tackle the Needs and veg out in unproductive tasks. I did manage to hit all the critical goals for 2006, but it was frustrating how little I managed besides that. At the same time I have to recognize the magnitude of what I did pull off, but I don’t see myself getting less ambitious, just more tired.

At least I’ve finished off all the Jelly Belly flavors I like from the box sent by my mother. Mainlining sugar over the holidays really hasn’t helped my energy levels or mental state. The funny thing about Jelly Belly is I only really like the quirky flavors and don’t care for the traditional fruity ones (with the notable exception of Watermelon). This inevitably means half of them go to waste. At least this year, the handy box had them separated into cubbies with a bean legend that lets me easily delineate my preferences:

Really Yummy
(I’d eat these into a sugar coma, or possibly a stroke, or stroking out during a coma while unconsciously flapping around like a hummingbird)

Chocolate Pudding
Bubble Gum
Tutti Fruitti
Sizzling Cinnamon
Cotton Candy
Watermelon

Yummy

Buttered Popcorn
A&W Root Beer
Dr Pepper
Licorice

Kinda Yummy

Caramel Apple
Caramel Corn
A&W Cream Soda
Jalapeno
Coconut

No Thanks

Everything else