Little Things Learned

Couple interesting occurrences over this very stressful week…

One, I accidentally forgot to set an alarm for an afternoon nap (in my car, at work).  Even though I’d been good and tired when I laid down, I woke up exactly on time.  Woke up fully, too, not just cracked an eyelid or barely got awake enough to notice the time.  And I suppose that isn’t really surprising, considering how long I’ve been taking these naps, but since I’ve never been able to wake at the time I wanted, ever, it still impresses me.  ;)

Two, I figured out a new way to sleep in the car, in the cold.  Rather than have to take off my shoes in order to get into a sleeping bag in my passenger seat, I wear warm boots.  I lay down and pull the unzipped sleeping bag over me, with the foot part over my head.  I leave the bottom zipped, so this forms a tent, which is great, because I can’t sleep with anything over my nose or too close to it.  This way, I can retain that warmth for my face without feeling stifled.  And the boots keep my feet warm, and if it’s super cold, I wrap the bottom of my ankle-length wool trenchcoat over my lower legs as well.  This setup is much faster to get into than the sleeping-bag-as-bag, and much faster to warm up in and warmer overall — I can even do it without the heating pad that I needed for the other setup.  Woohoo!

Not fasting on Tuesday was pretty weird.  I found myself wanting to, on a level.  I felt too full most of the day, and vaguely dissatisfied; yet I was also more careful about what I ate and more attentive to its effects.  My overall eating habits haven’t changed as much as I’d like them too, though.  And I continue to think about fasting day with this weird longing.  It felt good to be empty, I think, and to be deliberate about it.  …This leads me to wonder if a middle of the road is possible.  Some kind of restricted diet for Tuesdays, that doesn’t make me too tired.  Perhaps — this is off the top of my head — a Clif’s bar in the morning, and broth or clear soup in the evening?  Hmm.  Could be worth a try.

Also, good rollerblading Christ it’s good to be off school for a few weeks!

…Other than those things, though, nothing really fun to talk about is going on, and I’m feeling massively antisocial this weekend — I did want to toss ya’ll an update, but I think I’ll go back to mindless video-games now thank you.  Nothing personal!