These meetings that last until 12:45 are killing me, and I still have another
couple of them. I'm now on Phase 3 of an incoherent day. Phase 1: rowed hard and
it's getting pretty warm out there. By the time I got showered and to work (about
an hour and fifteen minutes after getting off the water) I was getting that low-
blood-sugar, not-really-safe-to-drive feeling. Grabbed a Gatorade and a Luna Bar
(blessed be their makers) and got to my 8AM meeting only 20 minutes late (not a
big deal, in this case).
Those held me for a bit, but then I was
still feeing a bit groggy so I had some actual real coffee. I had forgotten how
bad office coffee tends to be. Between that and how long the meeting lasted, I was
lightheaded again by the time it broke up, the cafeteria was closing in fifteen
minutes, and it wasn't serving anything good anyway.
I called in an
order for some Chinese food, getting a big meal so I can have leftovers tomorrow.
Dragged myself all the way out to my car, to the restaurant, and back -- more
driving in a muddled state. Now I've eaten and I think the soda has kicked in but
not the food, so I have a bit of a sugar high without actually having my blood
sugar come back to a level that would make my mind function more or less normally
again. If IÕm veryvery lucky, I won't be feeling queasy from the coffee later this
afternoon. (This is the main reason I generally only drink decaf, but it seems to
be cumulative so sometimes I can get away with a very occasional mugfull.) I hope
no one wants me to do anything productive this afternoon. Maybe I'll go file.