Wow! Dangers of hyperfocus

Well, my four day weekend turned out well, though I didn't set foot in the gym like I had hoped. My regular gym was closed, and if I paid 4 euros extra for the month, I could go to their other gym on Sundays and holidays. But I didn't go. I had the suspicion I wouldn't but there are other sundays and there's another holiday. It's still a good deal.

With regular, controlled use of green jasmine tea, I moved all my shelves, bed, chest of drawers, vacuumed, wiped, in 3 days. The furniture was heavy, and involved removing books, dismantling shelves and drawers etc. Then I had to move my TV, stereo, climb on chairs, lift and move things high up on the shelves. At this point, I might give up and leave the stereo and TV, and other assorted things on the floor for the next two months. Low frustration threshold, especially the climbing up and down. I get dizzy, my body gets heavy, I get mentally exhausted and give up. Mental exhaustion might not seem like much but it's quite exhausting! :-P

What I did was move things little by little, rest a bit, and instead of resting for the rest of the day, I continued. I did this ALONE.

I'm very pleased with myself. My room looks very homy and cozy, there's still a bit of mess but it looks nice and could, could be on a magazine with a few modifications, like cover the floor and a bit of painting but it's looking good. It took me years ,but I got it, and I'm going to be leaving home soon. Oh well. There were things I failed to do like study for my online photoshop course and do the exercises. But something I DID, instead of giving up.

The only problem is that I strained my back muscles and my mid-back is sore. It's not terrible but hurts when I stretch and move around. See, dangers of hyperfocus. You ignore your body but it will remind you of its existence. I also didn't eat too much and feel fine.
I'm keeping up the tea. I will experiment with Pu-erh tea as well.

Now to order theanine!

X:A girl named Manolo

Friday, November 02, 2007
A girl named Manolo



I’ve a terrible cold. I think it’s a bit worse though, an infection somewhere since I’m coughing green mucus, doubt it’s my sinuses, as they’ve barely bothered me, though I won’t get antibiotics, unless it doesn’t clear up in a week or so. There’s a campaign in Spain saying that we shouldn’t abuse antibiotics (about time!!! Finally). But then they should tell the docs too cause they give out antibiotics like candy.

I simply will eat lots of garlic, onions, fruits and vegetables. That should clear anything up. My voice sounds cooler too. I sound like a big smoker called Manolo. I'm cursed with a high-pitched non-authoritative voice.

My Halloween was okay, I was kinda sick, and perhaps shouldn’t have gone out but wanted to. Went out with a friend and left the party at about 2.15. Couldn’t take the smoky bars any longer. And stayed in bed the whole day.


I think I can be a bad girlfriend. My boyfriend lives in Amsterdam and it was his birthday yesterday. Since we don’t see each other very often, we can’t really have birthday presents and all that. I sent a card on Monday, but of course it takes about a week to arrive, I should have planned it better which of course I never do. And in my defense I’ve been thinking about his birthday since September, and didn’t simply remember 2 days before. He’s such a hard person to buy for, now if I had tons of money, it won’t be so hard but what’s a literally poor girl to do for a picky boyfriend? I decided to get a massage in Amsterdam for him, but now I have to work out the details. And sorting out the real massage parlors from the 'massage parlors'. It is Amsterdam, though he'll be delighted to have the other kind. In his dreams.

He’s used to getting presents late :-(