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angelchildr at 02:19am on 01/07/2009
angelchildr at 02:19am on 01/07/2009
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Another day, kittens. Yes, I've taken to calling you kittens. I hope no one minds. I'm sure I'll stop it eventually. :-D
Anyway, it is Wednesday! And the first day of July (rabbit, rabbit, rabbit). Which is a very good thing. I have Friday off, so today is sort of like Thursday for me. Either way, it means that I'm going to drive up to my parents' tomorrow for the weekend. I'm sure there will be some sort of grilling out, because there almost always is. Even when it *isn't* the 4th of July weekend.
I am on (sort of) day 4 with no/less caffeine. I pretty much just forgot on Sunday to have caffeine, because we left the house for the parade, and I just never got anything. It earned me quite the headache by the end of the day (did I mention that I have a severe caffeine addiction? I do - so withdrawals ). But when I realized why I had the headache, I decided to try to keep up with it. The less caffeine, not the headache. ;-) I did have a frozen mocha from Panera yesterday, which I'm assuming has caffeine in it, but other than that, it's been all non-caffeinated for me. Still a little sleepy getting going every day without the extra boost, but I'm hoping that if I can struggle through that it'll help with my sleep schedule too. Today I dug out my water bottle thing that I got as a going away present from a woman I used to work with, and I have it filled up with water and a water-flavory packet. You know? Those non-sugar, non-caffeine things you can get to make your waters taste like not water? :-D I brought a few of those with me today along with my snicks and snacks for munching on at work.
This is part of something that I'm going to try to get going before the school year starts again. I figure if I start now, that I'll be more likely to keep it up once classes start again. This thing I'm trying? Is called "being healthier". :-D AMAZING, I know! It's something I've tried before with failtastic failures, but I really think I need to try harder this time. Next year (and beyond) is only going to get more stressful for me, and while I'm getting by now, it would be a good idea to take better care of myself. I'm not getting any younger! ;-) I'm taking little, but important, steps to start, because I don't want to derail myself before I even begin. But taking better care of myself will help me feel better, will help me do more, will help me feel better... it's a cycle! :-D
I'm just going to note some things here for myself... longterm goals as it were.
-cut out (/way back) on caffeine --> give up (cut back on) soda?
-do something active a few times a week (I'd still love to get myself up to biking to school/work - it's only 2 miles)
-cut way WAY back on how often I eat at restaurants/pick up fast food
-get onto a more normal/regular sleep cycle (in by midnight, up by 8 seems reasonable)
Okay, that's all I'm going to put for now. I know it's a lot to think about, but like I said, it's long-term stuff. If I do a little at a time, hopefully it'll stick. And hopefully I'll feel better all around.
Something else I've started, and I posted that link last night before I went to bed, is something I'm calling "Things I Love". I picked up another Dreamwidth Journal over at http://thingsilove.dreamwidth.org (because I had some codes sitting around). I have thoughts about what to put over there. Right now, it's just lists, but I'm thinking that I could add YouTube videos and links and pictures. I've also had thoughts of a (very) sporadic webcomic, which I'd probably also put over there. I know that Dreamwidth journals can be hard to keep up with for LJ users when things aren't being crossposted... Would anyone be interested in a RSS feed? I'm not sure how those work, but I'd figure it out if anyone was interested. Otherwise... if people want to see it and don't have a DW, what do people suggest? Opinions? I thought about trying to grab a blogger type thing instead of a journal. Would that be better? Worse?
I think that's all I'm going to write for now. ♥
Anyway, it is Wednesday! And the first day of July (rabbit, rabbit, rabbit). Which is a very good thing. I have Friday off, so today is sort of like Thursday for me. Either way, it means that I'm going to drive up to my parents' tomorrow for the weekend. I'm sure there will be some sort of grilling out, because there almost always is. Even when it *isn't* the 4th of July weekend.
I am on (sort of) day 4 with no/less caffeine. I pretty much just forgot on Sunday to have caffeine, because we left the house for the parade, and I just never got anything. It earned me quite the headache by the end of the day (did I mention that I have a severe caffeine addiction? I do - so withdrawals ). But when I realized why I had the headache, I decided to try to keep up with it. The less caffeine, not the headache. ;-) I did have a frozen mocha from Panera yesterday, which I'm assuming has caffeine in it, but other than that, it's been all non-caffeinated for me. Still a little sleepy getting going every day without the extra boost, but I'm hoping that if I can struggle through that it'll help with my sleep schedule too. Today I dug out my water bottle thing that I got as a going away present from a woman I used to work with, and I have it filled up with water and a water-flavory packet. You know? Those non-sugar, non-caffeine things you can get to make your waters taste like not water? :-D I brought a few of those with me today along with my snicks and snacks for munching on at work.
This is part of something that I'm going to try to get going before the school year starts again. I figure if I start now, that I'll be more likely to keep it up once classes start again. This thing I'm trying? Is called "being healthier". :-D AMAZING, I know! It's something I've tried before with failtastic failures, but I really think I need to try harder this time. Next year (and beyond) is only going to get more stressful for me, and while I'm getting by now, it would be a good idea to take better care of myself. I'm not getting any younger! ;-) I'm taking little, but important, steps to start, because I don't want to derail myself before I even begin. But taking better care of myself will help me feel better, will help me do more, will help me feel better... it's a cycle! :-D
I'm just going to note some things here for myself... longterm goals as it were.
-cut out (/way back) on caffeine --> give up (cut back on) soda?
-do something active a few times a week (I'd still love to get myself up to biking to school/work - it's only 2 miles)
-cut way WAY back on how often I eat at restaurants/pick up fast food
-get onto a more normal/regular sleep cycle (in by midnight, up by 8 seems reasonable)
Okay, that's all I'm going to put for now. I know it's a lot to think about, but like I said, it's long-term stuff. If I do a little at a time, hopefully it'll stick. And hopefully I'll feel better all around.
Something else I've started, and I posted that link last night before I went to bed, is something I'm calling "Things I Love". I picked up another Dreamwidth Journal over at http://thingsilove.dreamwidth.org (because I had some codes sitting around). I have thoughts about what to put over there. Right now, it's just lists, but I'm thinking that I could add YouTube videos and links and pictures. I've also had thoughts of a (very) sporadic webcomic, which I'd probably also put over there. I know that Dreamwidth journals can be hard to keep up with for LJ users when things aren't being crossposted... Would anyone be interested in a RSS feed? I'm not sure how those work, but I'd figure it out if anyone was interested. Otherwise... if people want to see it and don't have a DW, what do people suggest? Opinions? I thought about trying to grab a blogger type thing instead of a journal. Would that be better? Worse?
I think that's all I'm going to write for now. ♥