Test Day

So things have leveled off a bit, at least for now. I had a very lazy weekend, and it was lovely. I slept a lot, I watched a couple movies (saw the new Harry Potter - fantastic), I played a little WoW, I tinkered with my computer, and I got to hear Joey's voice, not once, but twice.

At work, we are beginning to settle into our new area. Most of the day-long meetings are behind us now, and we're starting to get back to actually working. This is good for me, because my sense of satisfaction is tied to my feeling of whether or not I'm getting things done and accomplishing goals.

Even though I'm not overtly tense like I was last week, I'm still feeling the effects. I've still had trouble with eating and sleeping patterns.

When I get hungry, nothing sounds good. When I sit down to eat, my stomach starts to hurt before I get full. I've been continuing my vitamins, and I cranked up the probiotics a bit. I can tell it's helping, but I'm still not 100%. It would really help if I could bring myself to drink a protein shake in the morning, but that's when my stomach has been the muckiest.

On the sleeping front, I still can't sleep well at night without taking an antihistamine, yet I had no problem sleeping most of the day away unaided on Saturday. Then of course, I was wide awake Saturday night. I suspect it's anxiety that keeps me up at night. I'm able to fall asleep during the day when I zone out to the TV, but when I'm lying awake at night with no distractions, I start thinking.

Joey is almost done with training in Kuwait, and will be moving on to Iraq by the end of the week. I definitely have some anxiety about that, but I'm trying to keep things in perspective.

Today I take the test for that job I applied for -- a different position in a different department at my current company. Actually, I need to go get ready for that -- it's in about 15 minutes. And my Outlook reminder just popped up, so...

I guess that's about it for now. So far so good.