2011.01.28 Friday

I woke up in the middle of the night having to urinate, because I decided to chug a whole cup down right before bed. I went back to sleep and experienced some awesome dreaming this way. I shall consider doing this more often.

Work was alright, but something felt a bit off. Nothing really seemed like it was going to resolve into anything. Meetings were cancelled, computers were crashing. And whats this... *gasp* there are lots of people out sick with the flu? *double gasp* Habs is out sick with (probably) the flu?! I need to get out of this place.

Post-work, I had to repack my gear and reconsidered if some things were worth the added weight and space. Grabbed some chik-fil-a for an easy dinner.

Played Left 4 Dead 2 a bunch, and probably stayed up later than I should have. It really didn't feel like a Friday night at all though...

2011.01.27 Thursday

I'm starting to get restless about waiting for vacation to start. I have lots of little things to still do to prepare, and I get to sit at work all day just thinking about it. Frustration.

Work was normal. I'm thinking about omitting saying this some days, but I don't want to be confused if I ever read this stuff in the future what I did most of the day. Mentioning "work" makes it understandable that half the day is effectively gone.

My sister stopped by to exchange gear with me. We chatted up for a while, and Justin joined in since they work at the same place. Their workplace sounds completely different, and it's understandable why it's one of the top rated for employees.

Started up laundry and packing, ran some errands, finished laundry and more packing.

Then Lindsey and Jon stopped by. They were on their way north from McAllen. We had an interesting discussion about women going through postpartum depression... ya know after having a baby inside you for months... then suddenly not. Well add to that some hormones fluctuating, and all kinds of things changing in the body, and sometimes the mind is affected. That conversation then shifted into thinking about how slight changes in chemical balances can completely alter the way people think and react. Just thinking about it is pretty scary. In a sense, we are all on the verge of being insane. And in some ways, we are insane.

Bed time.

2011.01.26 Wednesday

Already hump day? Breaking a five-day week down to four makes it seem much less intimidating. But was it worth the pain and suffering? I'm going to have to go with a big "No" on this one.

Work's lunch today started off with a "break". I also didn't have much of an appetite so I just got a weak salad. They also serve free popcorn and show movies on Wednesday, although I can't remember ever watching anything they've shown. It all started with Twilight and bootlegged copies of various films, so I was turned off of that from the get-go.

Post work activities included organizing some gear for vacation, Minecrafting, and Left 4 Dead 2 with my new mouse. It's going to take some time before I can utilize the extra buttons on this MX518. With the Minecrafting, I finished up an extremely long (and fairly wide) land bridge that connects two portals. It takes almost the entire day (in-game) to walk the length of it. I also found a new mine, then accidentally acquired a music disc. Score!

I stayed up too late playing L4D2.

2011.01.25 Tuesday

Back to work. Was I ready for it? Kind of. I still feel like I need to be careful about my eating, and a bit on the weak side. Oddly enough, I feel mentally refreshed by all the purging. I feel like I have a more clear head, and able to multitask a bit better. My only guess is that is had something to do with running on adrenaline.

Well, today started the second class in my Software Systems Graduate Certificate program. This semester will be Object-Oriented Methodology. Objects in programming have never been that great for me. I feel like I understand completely what is being taught, but never see the application of what is being described. I also like to know how things work (I watch How It's Made, How Stuff Works, and Mythbusters all the time), and bringing objects into programming is for the purpose of NOT knowing how something works. The professor said during lecture that a typical programmer can "memorize" between five thousand and ten thousand lines of code, otherwise things start getting lost. Objects help group things into logical chunks so you can just get the functionality you need from the code without having to dig down. We'll see how this turns out... Oh and just a couple days after being sick from pizza/pudding, I'm already eating pizza.

Back at home I didn't really do much. Played a little Minecraft and Left 4 Dead 2. I have no concrete proof, but I'm fairly certain that we were playing against a team that had a cheater or two. Funny that games have evolved so much, and cheating hasn't been dissolved.

Snooze.

2011.01.24 Monday

Yep, definitely not going to work today. Just not going to happen. I went to "sleep" around 3:30a, woke up around 6:45a as if my body was ready for work. Of course I was not going in to work today. I could barely stand up without feeling like I was going to pass out. I had a fever of 100.2F and felt like I was dry heaving from both ends.

I tried to catch up on sleep, and drink water. Nothing was comfortable. I tried distracting myself with more Arrested Development and Minecraft. The day seemed to drag on and on.

Later on in the day Kelc stopped by. Two sick people, fun. We napped. She has a free trial of Netflix, and just recently got Psycho in the mail. Not American Psycho, just regular 1960s Hitchcock Psycho. It was interesting. Crazy to see how much has changed in the movie industry, but I'm still of the belief that a small budget and creativity can still make a decent movie.

Had a hard time sleeping again.

2011.01.23 Sunday

Woke up and hung out with some friends. These friends tend to leave super early in the morning leaving me to wake up to an empty house, so this was a new experience. We chatted, watched some NHL, and some of the Packers - Bears game.

Kelc and I cooked up a pizza for lunch, then took a nap during the second half of the football game. Woke up, finished up our business and headed to her (regular) house.

There, we got set up to watch the Steelers - Jets game and eat Rudy's BBQ. The game turned out in the Steeler's favor. Then something went askew, not with the game, but with Kelc and myself. We both felt pretty terrible. That's went Kelc started making frequent trips to the bathroom to purge the badness from herself. I felt like crap, but wasn't purging anything so I went home.

By the time I arrived at home, I could tell a storm was coming. I couldn't sleep, but was tired. I ended up distracting myself with Arrested Development, TV and Minecraft until the contents of my stomach were involuntarily purged. I was up way too late in the night taking care of myself and feeling like garbage.

This week is off to a great start.

2011.01.22 Saturday

Today Hasbrobi coordinated an event of Disc Golf, or Frisbee Golf, or Frolf. So we stopped by Disc zone, a shop in Austin that specializes in disc golf gear. Then we went out to Mary Moore Searight Park.

During the 18 holes, I found out two things: One, the driver discs require someone to have a reasonably good form and strength. And Two, I can tomahawk throw more consistently and further than a regular "backhand" throw. I'm going to need to practice some more.

For a late lunch, we stopped by P. Terry's near Barton Springs rd. Delicious.

I met up with Kelc and Lindsey and Jon at Kelc's house. From there we stopped by the grocery store and Sonic for food, then headed out to the lakehouse.

It didn't take long for guests to show up. We played games, mostly in the dark. Coleman started freaking out that his WoW account was being hacked, which then led him to believe his email and bank account had been hacked. I felt the situation was rather comical, but also alarming.

Not long after, I passed out.