Back to the salt mines...
Sep. 20th, 2011 07:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jebbypalSooo, screwed up yesterday and gave myself caffeine withdrawal. AFter having 2+ cups of caffeine most of vacation, I only managed to get 1/2 cup of coffee yesterday morning due to the hotel running out of just pure columbian by the time I got to lobby. And as I had banana + almond butter for meal on road, stomach was too acidy to contemplate more caffeine in any form if I had realized. Fortunately, it waited till 7 pm to start hitting. But it took me till 10 pm to figure it out. Doh.
But it didn't interfere too much with sleep. Still had crazy wicked dreams after about 2 am. Of course, again, now I remember why - been taking 2 claritin D's on and off, which always results in much much lighter sleep. Well, not lighter as in you'll wake me up, but lighter as in I remember my REM. Hopefully, tonight I'll have energy and feel like dusting/vacuuming (stomach was upset at 2 bananas yesterday) so that I can reliably go back down to 1 and then start switching to every other day in anticipation of getting off of it before the cold really hits and my fingers/toes suffer. Also, need to make sure I'm off of most of the withdrawal/lethargy BEFORE going to madrid.
Have I mentioned how much I hate my sensitivity to uppers/downers?
On the drive back, my brain was occasionally flashing on all the work that awaits: the workshop prep with client getting more nervous as they keep changing focus, the revisions of the supplements, a new preclin paper from client to revise, and who knows what else has come up. Which, I won't be bored. And there is job security. (and despite my bitching and complaining about the amounts, and tendency to procrastination, I do love what I do. Especially in comparison to anything else I could do with my degree).
Okay, time to get ready so I can actually wander in at 9 am on time for once. Also have to put my desk in order from the "move", so that should be interesting.
But it didn't interfere too much with sleep. Still had crazy wicked dreams after about 2 am. Of course, again, now I remember why - been taking 2 claritin D's on and off, which always results in much much lighter sleep. Well, not lighter as in you'll wake me up, but lighter as in I remember my REM. Hopefully, tonight I'll have energy and feel like dusting/vacuuming (stomach was upset at 2 bananas yesterday) so that I can reliably go back down to 1 and then start switching to every other day in anticipation of getting off of it before the cold really hits and my fingers/toes suffer. Also, need to make sure I'm off of most of the withdrawal/lethargy BEFORE going to madrid.
Have I mentioned how much I hate my sensitivity to uppers/downers?
On the drive back, my brain was occasionally flashing on all the work that awaits: the workshop prep with client getting more nervous as they keep changing focus, the revisions of the supplements, a new preclin paper from client to revise, and who knows what else has come up. Which, I won't be bored. And there is job security. (and despite my bitching and complaining about the amounts, and tendency to procrastination, I do love what I do. Especially in comparison to anything else I could do with my degree).
Okay, time to get ready so I can actually wander in at 9 am on time for once. Also have to put my desk in order from the "move", so that should be interesting.