I've got a sore brain.
Day one of "pull your finger out Tim and stop being so lazy" has worked quite well. I managed to crawl out of bed at 6:30am and go for a walk, followed by a very healthy breakfast of fruit and crap. The only reason I'm writing this down here is because I'm still amazed myself, and I reckon in a few weeks time I'll look back on this day and think "oh yea, that's the day I went a bit nuts"
I've also decided to go cold turkey on the caffeine. I've been drinking way to much coffee of late and it really can't be good for me. Now I get the joy of this instead:
What are the symptoms of caffeine withdrawal?
Regular caffeine consumption reduces sensitivity to caffeine. When
caffeine intake is reduced, the body becomes oversensitive to
adenosine. In response to this oversensitiveness, blood pressure drops
dramatically, causing an excess of blood in the head (though not
necessarily on the brain), leading to a headache.
This headache, well known among coffee drinkers, usually lasts from
one to five days, and can be alleviated with analgesics such as
aspirin. It is also alleviated with caffeine intake (in fact several
analgesics contain caffeine dosages).
Often, people who are reducing caffeine intake report being irritable,
unable to work, nervous, restless, and feeling sleepy, as well as
having a headache. In extreme cases, nausea and vomiting has also been
reported.
Although looking at those last few symptoms I'm wondering if I've got caffeine withdrawl or it's just another day at the office.
Big day tomorrow, the boss is coming up to interview some people. We really need at least one more person to ease the load in Auckland. Even better, I get to be part of the interview panel. I've been interviewed a number of times and it's never a fun thing. So I'm going to make sure this interview is just as bad for this guy as they have been for me. Why should he get an easy one? :) I'm going to go home tonight and write a whole bunch of impossible to answer questions, and see how the guy goes tomorrow. Day 2 of caffeine withdrawl I'll probably be so irritable I'll just scream at him.
Oh, right. Sorry. The power's going to my head. Seriously, I'm probably going to be just as nervous as he is. Anyway, it's 5pm and I've had enough for today. I'm going to walk my lazy butt home.
TiM
PS: Another stupid picture!
