i don’t know what it is, but all of a sudden i’m undisciplined in my wakeups. this morning i woke up about 5 (bathroom) and moved my alarm forward from 6 to 7. then i woke up at 7 and moved it forward to 9. i ended up getting up about 8, but all those breaks don’t leave me with good sleep. i also missed working out this morning. i know working out as something to do with it, because it makes the process of waking up seem so much more expensive (or uncomfortable). i’m hoping to go home at lunch and do a workout… or after class…

I think the Miata’s battery might be ready for replacement. I don’t know how old it is; I haven’t replaced it so it could be the original (and 7 yrs old). It has been dead twice in the last two weeks, so I have it in the kitchen on the charger. Maybe I can get a little more life out of it. It looks like I’m in good shape as far as homework is concerned. I’m sure there are incremental improvements I could make, but the hard stuff is solved. I might play bridge or a computer game with some co-workers this evening.

i spoke at length with my boss tonight. i’ve had quite a bit of kernel envy for some time and eventually it got to the point where i felt pigeon-holed, so i wanted to talk about a way out. he made me think about valuing my “soft-skills”, my management skills, and reminded me that there are plenty of hard problems to solve in the area i’m in.

i enjoyed the thanksgiving holiday so much that i’m suffering a bit of the blues. my temper is a little short, i’m impatient and crabby, and i’m ready for the next set of holidays. i gotta buck up though, this is crunch time.

i woke up this morning and felt a little tired. i thought of exercise and convinced myself that since it was mid-week, i could put it off. i reset the alarm in haste (because i needed to fall back asleep before i reconsidered) and then i wasn’t sure whether i had set the time forward or the alarm. i wasn’t really able to fall back to sleep solidly, as i began to wonder about whether i would be late for work and that it was lame i had to be at work at a specific time. my thought process continued with me debating the merits of being a boss and wondering if i could keep it up once Eriko was here. Bailey did a great job of being quiet but eventually my thoughts overpowered my drowsiness and i woke up. i quickly re-evaluated my schedule and realized i could certainly still exercise because i can work later tonight since i have no prior obligations. there was a bit of mental convicing before i put on my exercise clothes and walked down the hall… only to hear someone else exercising. i didn’t like that at all and almost decided not to go through with it. after some more internal debates, i decided that at the very least i had to get headphones so i could listen to Seinfeld in peace. as it turned out, the girl’s presence in the room didn’t affect me in a negative way at all. she ran on the treadmill and even though that was right next to my station, Seinfeld kept me sufficiently distracted. now i’ve made it five days in a row, but can i keep it up?

i had three braeburn apples which had become too ripe and soft to eat, so i just made some apple sauce. it is yummy! it feels good to make something like apple sauce.