Y2 D85

I felt like such an old man last night going to bed at 8pm but boy did I need it. I slept from 8 until 4. A full 8 hours of sleep. Incredible. I finally feel relaxed, awake, and ready to function. I know sometimes I need more sleep but like most people in the world today, it's the first thing we push to the back burner. We feel compelled to live these 24/7 lifestyles be it for work or pleasure. But sometimes you have to throw up your hands and admit defeat.

Managed to work yesterday and get some stuff accomplished. This current project is a POC for a client which leaves much of the creative aspect in my hands. I have to show the power of the product we are installing, but that doesn't always give me enough to go on for design. I am making things up and yesterday afternoon I hit a wall. I got some stuff done, but I started running into trouble in one area. I then had to pause and ask myself if I wanted to beat my head over essentially what is a glorified demo. We are not being paid for something that will be used in production. It will be used to sell to a committee the idea of using this in production sometime between now and the end of the year. So how much time does one spend on a technical issue? Do you scrap it and walk away or bang your head? I decided to scrap it. I have to discuss that with my co-worker today to see if I am headed in the right direction, but I don't know if he has a clear picture of what we should be building either. I hate these nebulous projects.

Speaking of projects, now it looks like I am off to Louisiana next week. Two - three days bringing a new employee up to speed at one of the clients I worked with last year. I just need a confirmation from one of my bosses to buy a plane ticket. Not that I can buy it before the weekend anyway. I have been very good (for me) with my money this pay period having paid off that warrant. I knew things would be tight, but I have managed to make it. To be exact, I have just around $400 to last me 18 hours. Given that I am off to work, then back home to do laundry tonight, I should be ok. If it wasn't for the warrant, I would have about $1000 right now because of how careful I have been acting. I plan to keep this up through September as well. No wild outings, no stupid purchases. If I can start changing my attitude towards money in this way, I might be able to get through the year and start getting ahead in 2011. That would be nice. A little less stress. But I am doing ok.

On the dating front, I spent some time wallowing in self-pity yesterday afternoon, but at the same time realized, I am ok. I have finally reached a threshold where I don't mind being alone. It's not fun, but I am not dead either. When the time is right, things will happen.

See? I made it through another cycle in one piece. Yay me.