Ah, spring

Over the last few days, both dionysus1999 and I have been feeling head-achey, tired, and are experiencing a lot of drainage and coughing as a reponse to the drainage. We thought it was just a severe allergic reaction to all the pollen around, but now I'm not so sure. I didn't sleep well last night because I woke up coughing or snoring or choking once an hour or so. I'm beginning to suspect it's not allergies, but a cold. That'd really suck. It's been nearly 3 years since the last time I had a cold, and it was a nasty one that turned into bronchitis. It was in June of 2002.

I've been so proud of myself for taking care of myself. I know that the recipe for a cold in my case is lack of sleep plus stress for several days in a row. So, when I'm feeling stressed, I try to get extra sleep. If I'm not getting enough sleep, I try to relax and employ all my stress-busting strategies. Because stress+lack of sleep seems to be the deciding factor in whether my immune system can fight off a virus.

I think I did this to myself, because I've been stressing and not getting enough sleep the last two weeks or so. Urgh.

Books on CD obsession continues

As you may have gathered from recent posts, I'm really digging books on CD. I don't make time to read fiction at home, but I commute about 50-60 minutes a day, and I can "read" a book in a week and a half by listening on my way to and from work.

I recently finished Alice Hoffman's "The Probable Future."

She's the same author who wrote "Practical Magic." I loved that book, and thought the movie did a good job of capturing the spirit, if not following the book completely faithfully.

This book has a lot of the same themes as "Practical Magic": how ignoring the past instead of learning from it can hurt you, the unpredictability of love, the symbolic meaning behind roses and other flowers, women who aren't entirely comfortable with their "special powers," etc.

I'd recommend it.

Flippin' out for Flipwords

I picked up an on-line gaming addiction. It stops after level 10 and makes you pay for the full version if you want to go on, which is probably good, or I'd be on the computer all day. It's kind of like a cross between Boggle and Hangman.

http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/flipwords