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Around the turn of the year I took on a few new projects:
1) A real exercise program -- not the "I'll hike once a week and pretend to be fit" idea. Currently, I have a program that recommends five days a week of cardio workout and five days a week of weight training - can overlap those two fives in whatever pattern I want.
2) Learn C4 (trying yet again).
3) Clean up the stuff Rick left behind. Today we estimated how much time it would take to go through it all, from the first sort to final disposition of everything. We decided two weeks of work for both of us, if I took vacation from my job so we could both do this day AND evening, would just about do it.
Along with my other time commitments, this is a strain. I'm not sleeping enough. I'm never relaxed, even when I try. I'm afraid I'm not giving full measure at work.
Here's how my day could look:
8am - out of bed
8:30 - at the gym, working out
10am - at work, showered
7pm - leave work
11pm - get ready for bed
Advantages:
Almost nine hours of sleep
Only one shower per day
Disadvantages:
Sleep schedule totally out of whack w.r.t. Rob's. Every night, fight for the right to go to sleep on time; every morning, get dressed silently in the dark.
On Wednesday, when I have an hour-long appointment plus driving at lunchtime, this doesn't give a full work day.
On Thursday, when I call for a square dance club in San Jose, I get no dinner.
Can't do anything that involves staying up later, like bi coffee or hanging out with Chris, without losing sleep.
Won't work after February 8 because my commute gets longer.
The evenings have to cover studying C4 and cleaning up Rick's mess, and dinner of course, and maintenance stuff like bills and laundry, which doesn't leave a whole lot of me time or couple time or fun time.
I think it's just not doable, and the major time sink is the workout (and associated travel).
Here's how a REAL day looks - how 'bout today:
9am - wake up
Spend supposed workout time looking in vain for missing tickets
10am - at work
Noon - leave for appointment
1:30 - back at work
5pm - leave for dinner
6:45 - concert at Stanford, assuming they let me in without tickets
11pm - probably get home
Feed the cats, clean the litterbox, find my passport, pack for weekend trip, talk to Rob
Probably get to sleep around 1AM
Or a generic Thursday:
9am - up
9:30 - at gym
Skip half of workout
10:15 - at work, showered
Maybe get lunch, maybe not, if so it's a short work day
6:30pm - plunge into traffic via a Wendy's
7:30 - start calling
10:30 - back home
Feed cats, clean litterbox, study C4?, clean Rick's mess?, talk to Rob
Probably get to bed around midnight
Something gets shorted each time, usually by about an hour. Ideally I'd only need eight hours of sleep... but that's not reality. I keep waiting for the beneficial effects of exercise on sleep to kick in. But they haven't, and I can't wait any longer. Something has to give.
Plus I need another painkiller again, @#$!it.
1) A real exercise program -- not the "I'll hike once a week and pretend to be fit" idea. Currently, I have a program that recommends five days a week of cardio workout and five days a week of weight training - can overlap those two fives in whatever pattern I want.
2) Learn C4 (trying yet again).
3) Clean up the stuff Rick left behind. Today we estimated how much time it would take to go through it all, from the first sort to final disposition of everything. We decided two weeks of work for both of us, if I took vacation from my job so we could both do this day AND evening, would just about do it.
Along with my other time commitments, this is a strain. I'm not sleeping enough. I'm never relaxed, even when I try. I'm afraid I'm not giving full measure at work.
Here's how my day could look:
8am - out of bed
8:30 - at the gym, working out
10am - at work, showered
7pm - leave work
11pm - get ready for bed
Advantages:
Almost nine hours of sleep
Only one shower per day
Disadvantages:
Sleep schedule totally out of whack w.r.t. Rob's. Every night, fight for the right to go to sleep on time; every morning, get dressed silently in the dark.
On Wednesday, when I have an hour-long appointment plus driving at lunchtime, this doesn't give a full work day.
On Thursday, when I call for a square dance club in San Jose, I get no dinner.
Can't do anything that involves staying up later, like bi coffee or hanging out with Chris, without losing sleep.
Won't work after February 8 because my commute gets longer.
The evenings have to cover studying C4 and cleaning up Rick's mess, and dinner of course, and maintenance stuff like bills and laundry, which doesn't leave a whole lot of me time or couple time or fun time.
I think it's just not doable, and the major time sink is the workout (and associated travel).
Here's how a REAL day looks - how 'bout today:
9am - wake up
Spend supposed workout time looking in vain for missing tickets
10am - at work
Noon - leave for appointment
1:30 - back at work
5pm - leave for dinner
6:45 - concert at Stanford, assuming they let me in without tickets
11pm - probably get home
Feed the cats, clean the litterbox, find my passport, pack for weekend trip, talk to Rob
Probably get to sleep around 1AM
Or a generic Thursday:
9am - up
9:30 - at gym
Skip half of workout
10:15 - at work, showered
Maybe get lunch, maybe not, if so it's a short work day
6:30pm - plunge into traffic via a Wendy's
7:30 - start calling
10:30 - back home
Feed cats, clean litterbox, study C4?, clean Rick's mess?, talk to Rob
Probably get to bed around midnight
Something gets shorted each time, usually by about an hour. Ideally I'd only need eight hours of sleep... but that's not reality. I keep waiting for the beneficial effects of exercise on sleep to kick in. But they haven't, and I can't wait any longer. Something has to give.
Plus I need another painkiller again, @#$!it.
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Yeah, I guess I've been reading live journal entries since November or December. I think Ambar mentioned livejournal while she was in Boston, and as I started browsing I started found more and more people I knew with journals.
One more for the friends list -- may I?
But of course!
[needing to pass a test to drive, but not to procreate]
Well, fortunately babies and children are remarkably resiliant creatures (or this species would have gone extinct a long time ago), but your point's well taken.
Good to see you!
Likewise! (Hug)
Alas, now that I'm not working for VA, I have much fewer opportunities to come out to California. If I get to go to Usenix in Monterey, maybe I'll make a point of taking some vacation and taking the time to visit folks in the Bay Area while I'm out that way.
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Yeah, I ran into Ambar not too long ago and was surprised to see her here as well. I like LJ :-)
Well, fortunately babies and children are remarkably resiliant creatures...
One of the things that impresses me about human life, actually, is how resilient we ALL seem to be. It's amazing how adaptable humans are. Pretty cool when I think about it.
Alas, now that I'm not working for VA, I have much fewer opportunities to come out to California. If I get to go to Usenix in Monterey, maybe I'll make a point of taking some vacation and taking the time to visit folks in the Bay Area while I'm out that way.
That'd be cool! When's Usenix? (gak, I've been away from the Unix world Way Too Long)
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maybe half a week or so afterwards. Got a guest bedroom I could borrow? :-)
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Yes, oddly enough, probably we WILL have a guest bedroom by June! Unbelievable! It's yours if you want it. Warning: I may be pretty busy and unable to "play host" properly. Let me know for sure when you decide!