Winter Roads

Today has been an interesting one. I got off work at 7am, and after defrosting my car for about an hour, was headed home (finally). The roads were not in the best of conditions today, in fact they were rather crappy. At first when I hit the interstate I was able to go about 45mph, that speed steadily declined till it was about 15mph at my exit. On the way, I saw about 12 cars go into the ditch, I saw one car that must have gotten turned around driving the wrong way on the interstate, and almost go hit by two different cars. I started to swerve at one point, but was able to quickly fix my driving to correct it.
I'm not sure what it is about some drivers, but they seem to think that they can drive like the roads are perfect, and seem surprised when things go wrong. Most of the cars that I saw go into the ditch were the 4x4s.

I want to make this post longer and a bit more detailed, but I'm having trouble concentrainting, I have a really bad headache that just came on. At some point I might have to take a small nap tonight, I'm not doing very well.

Stranded in Iowa - Part 2

I got up nice and early this morning, after having a short rest at the hotel. I then came back to work, since I was scheduled at 7am. I come into work only to find out that the person who was suppose to work the late night shift had to go to the hospital and would not be in - guess who gets to work the shift now. I called Jana and told her that I had to work the shift, needless to say, this was another time I disappointed her. I feel like a jackass.
Despite being tired, at 15:00 (3pm) I will go to a room, sleep, come down to work at 23:00 (11pm) and try to find some time to eat in the middle. Come hell or high water (I've always wanted to type that) I'm heading home at 7am tomorrow. I need to see Jana and Fozzy, I would like to feel comfortable for a while, oh and be able to change clothes (I think I'm starting to smell funky despite a shower).
Last night I was afraid that I would have trouble waking up, which was not the case, so I set three different alarms. Let me tell you, they all work well enough to wake me up on their own. I used the room alarm clock, my cell phone, and the laptop.

Stranded in Iowa

I got off work about 21:00 (9:00pm), and attempted to head home. Regrettably the weather is not so good here, and I was not able to make it. I would drive for just a bit, and the window would completely ice up. I was able to get a room at the hotel next door, so that I don't have to chance a drive home - too bad it has the added benifit that I don't have to worry about getting to work tomorrow.
I can tell that Jana is disappointed, I know I am. I'm going to miss Jana and Fozzy tonight.
Well, I guess I will study my Esperanto, then head to bed. I have to be up early to get to work - woohoo, extra woo.

Disappointed in myself

For the past week, I have been proud of myself - I have stuck to eating well. I have had more veggies a day, I have not eaten the bad foods (considered bad no matter what diet you are on). I have felt better, slept better, gotten up before the alarm clock and felt great through out the day (though I have been wanting a nap about half way through the day)
Last night I did something stupid. After eating healthy all day, and feeling good - I broke down and had some of those bad foods, that I mentioned earlier, as a midnight snack. This morning I woke up later then my alarm clock would have been set for, I feel like I'm dragging, I have no motivatirn9877777777777777777778 (sorry cat came by) motivation to get anything done today, I only want to sleep. All in all, I feel like I cheated on myself, now I'm depressed. Oh, and I gained weight.
The only thing to do is to suck it up and continue on. As I told my coworker (who is quitting smoking), there are bumps just don't let them turn into mountains. I need to get back on that horse. I need to figure out why I did what I did, and fix it so that it doesn't happen again.

2007

Well it has been 2007 (Central time) for just over 44 hours, and so far I feel much more comfortable in 2007 then I ever did in 2006. I know that the change was purely arbitrary, and not really accompanied by any real change in my life - but despite that, I feel better in 2007. Really, I the change is all in my head. Or maybe it's the goatee - yeah that's it, it must be the goatee. ;-)