Tuesday, 5 October 2004
Life Right Now
A week after returning from the U.S. (more about that, some other time), I'm finally getting back to my normal sleep schedule. I'm still not sleeping well, though. Probably has something to do with worries about work, not enough exercise and my getting older. I just don't bounce back like I used to.
This last weekend was fun, involving a Saturday night out (snapshots to follow) and bagels (brought back from the U.S.) for breakfast on Sunday. When I say "breakfast," I mean "first thing we ate that day." A small group of friends and a couple of childlings over at Heather's, the last ones leaving around (after?) 3:00 PM.
It's definitely autumn. I've seen that written countless times by other bloggers in Europe, and I feel it too. Nice, crisp air. Much shorter days. More rain (unfortunately). The funny thing is, I didn't really notice the big picture those things formed until I'd left for a week and come back. Funny how a small change in latitude (and differences to Minnesota's continental climate) will do that.
Work, on the other hand, is such that I've got doubts - serious ones at times - about what it is that I'm doing and how much I actually bring to our company. Doubts turn into fears, nebulous and nagging, fears into panic. Sometimes, though not now.
Tomorrow, I'm going to try to evaluate a company's CMS so that we have a basis to pitch programming a replacement (not our bag of tea) along with a site redesign (our bag of tea). "Try" being the operative word.
Exercise is definitely on the wane, something I need to work on. Tomorrow, really really, I'm back at it. I'd have gone tonight, but there's the whole deal about sleep and tomorrow morning on-site and the gnawing worry at the back of my mind and blah blah blah.
Actually, I'm lying. I'd probably have exercised some and then balanced it out by going to a farewell party for a friend (not a close one, but hey).
Look on the bright side: France may not always be a bed of feathers, but at least it's made me cynical, right?