The Afternoon Lull

It's that time of day again. Between 3:00pm and 4:00pm. This is the hardest time of the day for me. The sides of my eyes are aching -- I so want to close them.

The way I have dealt with this time for many of days in the past few weeks is by walking to the elevators, heading down to the cafeteria and buying something sweet and not-so-good for me from the snack machine. Sometimes I wash it down with a frappachino (again, not good). I do this while I watch something on TV in the cafeteria. I then reverse course and sit down and let my brain go into oblivion for another hour or so until I can't take it any longer and I go home.

I know that is one of those moments where I need to recognize the cue and do something different, preferably incompatible with eating -- especially since I am NOT hungry. I decided to at least write this down here. I am going to get through this afternoon without eating crap to numb my boredom.

I did refill my water bottle a bit ago. Once I finish it I will have drank 64 oz. of water. I think to be on target I need to drink two more bottles (128 oz total). At least if I drink enough water, I will have a legitimate reason to go pee. I can then put my head in my hands and close my eyes for a few minutes without someone thinking I'm sleeping on the job.

One for sure way for me to keep myself from raiding the vending machine would have been for me to donate all of the cash in my wallet to the folks that were downstairs at lunch raising money for SIDS. I gave them the 5 in my wallet, but not the four 1's. It's the 1's that would enable me to cheat.

On the exercise front, I am considering hiring a personal trainer from the YMCA. I know V.. would approve of spending the money. Probably the only thing holding me back is I know that once I commit to it then I will not be able to back out of working out. Not only does it unlock that door, it shuts it behind me.