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Friday, September 01, 2000 08:44

And it was hot yesterday again, as it will be through next Tuesday at least. I sleep through the worst of it, of course. I did get ten hours yesterday and I felt pretty rested when I got up for a change.

One of the reasons is that I started using the CPAP machine again. I've only been using it off and on since the start of summer, mostly because of a constantly stuffy nose. I refilled my prescription for Nasonex, though, and that helps a lot... but it's damned expensive.

Another thing that will help a lot will be quitting smoking. Still looking forward to it, and I can kinda dispassionately observe my habits lately. I don't really seem to have the urge to smoke, but I continue smoking just as much as before... most of time, I just want to take a break from whatever I'm doing.

I'm going down to pick up my last carton of cigarettes... I'll probably give the last few packs away.

01.jpg Last night was busy up until around 02:00... I just barely had time to get to the cafeteria and grab a sandwich before they closed. After 02:00, though, everything died... no action at all, so I got caught up on my paperwork.

I borrowed a book from an ER nurse, Isaacs Storm, and got the first few chapters read... great book, if you like storms, which I do. I decided to leave the book at work and read on it there instead of bringing it home... stretch it out a little longer. Besides, I'm now on the second book of the Harry Potter series at home.

And I've got that on the headboard, so I just read it while I'm trying to go to sleep.

Speaking of which...

I need to change something about sleeping. What I'm kinda thinking is maybe I should just come home and take my pills and go to bed, not even get on the computer, then wake up several hours before I need to go to work. This seems kinda wasteful, 'cause then I can't really start any projects or anything, but on the other hand I might get more sleep.

But my sleeping problems lately seem to happen around the turn-arounds, so maybe that's not an answer. Hell, I have no idea what the answer might be... retire and sleep whenever I want to? Right. In another 15 years, maybe...

More tomorrow...


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