flexagon | Normal life update

That cold I got was... weirdly great in its way. I skipped/canceled a lot of things. Stayed home sick on Monday and Tuesday and didn't work, because I couldn't read above 8th grade reading level or so (I did make progress on the Tomorrow series by John Marsden). I rested, and didn't have too many feelings except as mentioned in my last post. Even Wednesday when I dialed in for a summit for work for about four hours, I still couldn't really deal with email etc.

Thursday my brain came back online and ROARED into attacking all my life problems at once. My friends who deal with mental health a lot say it sounds similar to a manic episode. I went to work; consulted with two friends and one excellent mentor; figured out a solution to my worst managerial problem; wrote a document on exactly what I should do about my own worst work problem and why; and wrote up a pro/con list about taking a break from Lion that is in itself a thing of beauty.

Project that finished: building this lego cat (not actually Lego brand, but... bricks).

It was good to hang out and trade awful stories with friends. Now I'm back at work and feeling a little pukey with anxiety over everything. I asked my boss's boss today whether my boss wants me to leave the team or to stay, and she was kind of like "meh, I think he could go either way". So that's odd. I used to be more polarizing than that.