Finding Motivation

Another Monday morning has found its way here, and the coffee I am having is not doing much to wake me up. Feeling a bit tired still, but I have only been awake maybe 10 minutes, so I am sure it will be just a matter of time.

Nothing exciting I feel like sharing today. The weekend came and went with no major surprises, or events. Nothing is coming up soon. This week should be one of those boring, regular ones. Now that I have said that, I know something is going to happen to change things.

Okay. I finished my coffee. Nothing more has come to mind. Guess I will get some other things done.

PeacE

My Achy, Breaky (fill-in-the-blank)

A groan escaped my lips this morning as I rose from the bed to start the day. Usually, it is more of a growl, as I tend to be sort of like a hibernating bear when I wake. Today it was a groan. The ankles, shortly followed by the hips and lower back, all let me know that they are not happy with recent attentions they have gotten do to work. I see the swallowing of a couple ibuprofens in the very near future. But lucky for you, my fingers aren't feeling arthritic this morning, and I am able to type out a bit of ... something ... for you.

After being with this company now for about 4 1/2 months, I think yesterday was the worst day I have had to date there. Had the boss come down on me about a couple issues that occurred. One issue was an error on another part in our system. One was me getting thrown under the bus. But even with the attempt of getting said vehicle to crush me, I turned it into a just a slight push, as the fault was not mine, but higher up the chain of management. I was still not happy about being singled out by others ... but haters got to be hating! Today is going to be much better, especially if I don't have to do so much lifting of heavy objects, like yesterday.

I seem to be pretty much over the cold I have had. Down to a little bit of chest congestion, and as of right now, just a slight feeling of stuffy-head - though that could just me feeling a bit tired yet.

I'm outta here to get some breakfast. That bowl of Fruit Loops sounds good about now.

PeacE

Being Sick (In The Head)

I am the first in my family to be sick this new year. A head cold has come and made residence (temporary I hope) at my sinus level, and is doing it's best to drive me mad with the constant drip I getting from my nasal passages. The only time it isn't doing that is when I am on my back, and it drains down the throat, causing me that ticklish feeling, that makes me cough. Been swallowing pills since yesterday, but nothing seems to be helping get rid of it, or mask the effects of. Or maybe it is, and I would be feeling worse if it didn't. I don't know, but this is pretty crappy.

And all that after teasing friends/family in the Mid-West about the differences in temperatures where we live. Jinxed myself, me thinks.

All the boys are back in school now. It's nice, but means the early rise in the morning to take the oldest to Zero Hour. I was getting used to the last two weeks of not having to do that.

Yesterday it seemed all the media could talk about (here in AZ anyways) was how Steven Segal has mentioned the possibility of throwing his hat in the ring for the next Governor's race here in AZ. We've had some d00zies out here: Meacham, Mofford, and a few others I won't mention. So now a supposed actor, who plays a lawman, wants to be AZ Gov. Must be friends with Arpaio. Oh wait, they are.

Sigh. Today's post should be things that don't make me feel better, even when I am sick.

PeacE

What Can I Come Up With Today?

I just rolled out of bed maybe 10 minutes ago, so you are going to have to just deal with the sleepy, foggy mind feeling I have. Between that and what appears to be a cold, it's going to be a slow morning. First thing I did, well, after regular morning rituals, was pop a couple DayQuil capsules. I feel a bit better today than yesterday, though I was hoping for more with the extra sleep I got last night.

Haven't yet seen the pics of the MidWest yet. I was seeing several pictures yesterday from family in the Indianapolis area, and other members further north up near Elkhart, of all the snow they were getting. Makes me miss it, somewhat. I miss the fun times being had in it, but not the shoveling. The cold part never really bothered me. If any of them, or others from that area, are reading this, then know that I will be sitting here in sunshine with temps to be around 69 today.

Welp, I guess I should get my butt moving and get me some breakfast.

PeacE

Some Things Shouldn't Be Started

A rare Sunday post today. Might as well since I am the only one awake at this 8am hour. I went to bed early last night, after the family had gone out to dinner. I was beat. It had been a long day for me. I spent a good part of the afternoon at a memorial for a friend of mine that had passed away about three weeks ago. It was good to see many faces I hadn't seen, some in years, but was still sort of draining on me. No I wasn't bawling my eyes out, just emotionally drained.

Waking up this morning, I have come to think I am coming down with a cold. Woke up several times through the night, to blow my nose, or be coughing. This morning it continues, though I tossed back a couple pills to help make it bearable. I am waiting to find out if they work any good. The watery eyes and sneezing I can't tell if they are symptoms of the cold, or just my regular allergies. Shrug. What can I do?

I see a day of rest. Do some internet surfing. Maybe some gaming. Maybe even a nap or two. Hope to be feeling better tomorrow for work.

PeacE

Too Much Rest Is Bad

I would never have thought that too much sleep is a bad thing. I know that for myself, to be feeling good the next morning, I need a good 7-8 hours sleep, otherwise I feel a bit slow, or slower, the less amount of sleep I get. Last night I was feeling tired, so went to bed about 8'ish. I woke a couple times in the night, but slept through to about 6:30 this morning. I am feeling sluggish. I feel like I should lay back down and get an hour or two of napping done. I have the time to do it, but I won't. I have heard, or read it somewhere, that too much sleep can be almost as bad as not enough. I guess this is one of those days. Hopefully, some breakfast and awake time will get it to leave me alone.

Only two days of work this week remain until the weekend. In some ways it is good having a holiday int he middle of the week, except, like the RM was saying yesterday, it creates the feeling of two Mondays in one week. I am actually looking forward to getting back to work, as I tend to like my job. That, and sitting around the house is getting sort of boring.

Hope you started off your New Year in a good way!

PeacE

Starting Another Year

Day One: Spent the day eating. Well, not all day. We met over at Sis' and had ribs, cole slaw, mashed taters, corn on the cob, and the RM's black-eyed peas (part of her traditional NYD meal). We hung out for awhile after the meal, me sitting and talking, and most of the others watching "The Grinch". Why watching it after Christmas I have no clue. Either way, I came home stuffed, eating way too much again. I am sure I will be in the reading room quite a bit over the next day or so.

Blogger is still giving me some problems with writing my posts. Still the 'compose' feature will let me title a post, but not write in the body of it. So again I am writing in the HTML version ... At least I know how to do the line break code so the paragraphs are spaced. It was driving me nuts being just one large block of words. I suppose I will play around a few minutes and check my settings if I somehow changed something by accident, though I don't believe I have done any changes.

So, day one of 2014 hasn't been too bad. Oh, and I made $50 off RM, as I lost 5% of my weight over the last year. I was 6 lbs short of the 10% which had the possibility of doubling that money to $100. I tried to give it back to RM, as a gift, saying to take themselves out, as I don't care about the money really. But she wouldn't let me. I suppose I will just save it for sometime when I can take them out to dinner or something. I know you are reading this RM, but still ...

Okay, I am out of here. Got some book stuff I want to do, maybe a video, maybe some game play time. It's back to the regular work routine tomorrow.

PeacE