Day Fourteen: Whirlpools of Madness

I'm not familiar with the type of thing that I'm seeing

So many ups and downs today. No idea what to make of it. Work is being far too annoying and the people far too stupid to have made today very enjoyable at my desk.

I thought I wasn't going to be able to go skating at lunch time so I left my skates at home, (thinking it would be easier to take if they weren't within reach when I ran out of time) but instead I've spent today being horrifically unconstructive because I find it hard to excel being surrounded by people who seem to be determined to bring the company to a grinding halt. Hey guys, the economy will do that without our help, but my days would be a whole lot sweeter if I didn't feel the need to push people down stairs.


Fitness: As I came across the Britomart concourse Magda was sitting at Sierra and I foolishly stopped to chat as she was waiting for a friend. She was meant to be coming to the gym too, but had decided instead to lay on the beanbags in the sun and encouraged me to do the same. I wavered for ten or fifteen minutes... my body felt reasonably broken and beanbags plus sun sounded... well. More pleasant than the gym. I eventually dragged myself away to the gym and got back on the treadmill for a little while. My shins gave out before my foot did, having me jump off with a large amount of concern at the feeling of impact on my lower legs and considering a full body sports massage to reset everything. So I did some cross training and a full set of planks and hip extensions as I had decided the treadmill was out of bounds for the day. Planks are up to one minute twenty. Aiming to push them out to two minutes.

Aikido: No training today, thought about the names of techniques a little bit

Derby: No skating today. Ridiculously, this was a conscious decision as I deliberately left my skates at home. Tomorrow will be much better as my whole team will be here and I can bring my skates in. Yuss! Lunch time roll.

Diet: Really dropped this one today. When work gets stressful this was possibly the worst thing I could have let happen. Tea and biscuits for breakfast. Sushi for lunch. I collected some jaffas from Imports (they have too many jaffas!) chocolate milk after gym. Dinner was interesting, I ate two and a half drumsticks and a bowl of fried rice. Normally either the drumsticks or the rice would have filled me up but possibly due to eating not enough and rubbish during the day (aside from the sushi) has left me ravenous.

Sleep: I got home just after 9pm, so really, an early night for me. Also, I didn't need a shower as I'd had one at the gym, so I had all this free time! The internet was down too, so I snugged up with my dinner and played Dune 2 till around 11pm then went to sleep. No horrible zombie nightmares, just pleasant dreams about being on a world tour with one of my friends. Woke up feeling much more refreshed as I hit 7 hours around 6.30am and my body decided that was enough sleep for today.


Strangely, I normally have a very high level of interpretation of the feedback messages in my body. It's pretty highly strung so if I didn't have a grip on it, I'd probably be in a much more agitated state than usual (I know, it's a scary thought). A few things are stressing me at the moment though and while I still have full awareness of how much sleep my body is after, I've lost touch with my muscle requirements. I find it disconcerting, like someone has blinded my internal circulatory system.