A funny thing I noticed yesterday: my back doesn't hurt any more. I still get little knots of tension in my back, but the feeling of wrongness has disappeared, replaced by a back that I've come just to count on being there and not hurting. And even my tendonitis has calmed way down, even when i overuse my hands.There is a lot to be said for working out. Upper-body strength is good for more than picking up heavy things.
I don't think I've ever been so pleased with my progress at something so demanding. I underestimated both how much work this was going to be, and how good it would make me feel while I was doing it. I now look forward to the prospect of being able to start running as a cardio workout; that's not going to be for a while yet (no need to put more stress on joints already burdened by my extra weight), but it's a goal I'm working towards. I decided the other day that i want to do a triathalon about this time next year; maybe late next summer.
I'm a convert. i'm not a fanatic, but I certianly am a convert. I feel easier in my body than i have for years, because i know what my body is capable of and its capacity to do new things.
Of course, the other part of this is that my life is no longer insanely stressful; i like my job but it isn't my life, and it doesn't generally follow me home from the office and make me have nightmares. I go to work at a reasonable hour and I come home at a reasonable hour, and I've not worked a weekend yet.
Add in friendsand things to study, and you have a happy Kris, yes.
And I got a webcam last week.
I thought I'd never really want one, but they were on sale, so I shrugged and said, "What the hell?" It's been fun, so far. Mostly, i've been chatting on Hell while people get to look at pictures of me; the reactions have been...enlightening.
I also have been taking a lot of pictures of myself and the cats and the fish, some of which i've been playing with in Photoshop. Instant gratification is a Good Thing!
Oh, if you want to see me on the cam, I'm generally on at about 8 PM weekdays, and whenever on weekends. This will change when i get DSL.
Oh, yes, i'm getting DSL, too. My appointment for installation is on the 21st. *happyKris*
Note to self: get ImageReady. Yes.
The past two months have been intensely busy and rewarding, machine downtime and all, but I'm so ready for my domain to resolve again! My DNS file is again horked in some mysterious and hard to fix way, and this is getting really tiresome.soon, i will be able to pull my machine home. Yes, I have Plans. and plans within plans.
And speaking of plans, have you seen Pivotal? i got bored one day. It doesn't all work yet, but it's getting there.
we would rather fail
painfully slowly than survive a copy
of the world perfect at last.from Poetry by Jane Miller
outside: perfect. utterly perfect.
doing: waiting for the oven to free up
to do: gather files
words: Cryptonomicon
link: Fonts And Things
energy level (out of ten): 7
dream: I am writing with a pen on a very large blank wall. Every time I try to lay a pen trail down it wriggles away from me and takes on its own form.
