I was just chatting with Benji, and figured I'd also share this with you Dear Loved Ones, since it sure has been a long time since I've shared with you: It was a day filled with all the things I value most in life. I biked over to a great diner in downtown Palo Alto, it's called the Fountain Creamery. I normally order Huevos Rancheros but when the waitress told me the specials she mentioned a cream filled oatmeal covered french toast and it all sounded a bit much for me but then a voice said, "Hey, you just need to change things up a bit. You can try being less routine. Live life on the edge." So I ordered that and also got a coffee. Meanwhile I was reading a book Joel McIntosh-Brix lent me; Ishmael. When my food arrived I realized it was covered in syrup. Not regular maple syrup, but table syrup, which effects me pretty bad but I ate it all. Oh and the "cream" that the french toast was filled with was actually custard, like the kind that comes in cream filled donuts...! It was all super sweet. So sweet that I had to drink coffee to even out the taste. I finished it pretty quickly, just to get through the pure sweetness. So I got back to my book. Maybe I was procrastinating on getting to work or something, but I pulled out the book again and kept reading. I read a lot. About an hour passed by and I was still reading, but the thing is, I was still drinking the coffee and the waitress kept coming by and filling it up so I don't know how much coffee I must have had, but it was a lot... and I hardly ever drink coffee! I guess I didn't really feel the caffeine right away. Anyway, I made my way finally over to the office where I had parked my bike and everything. All I really need(ed) to do is record myself going over some slides but I've been hesitant because it's going to go out to the ENTIRE company and when I record myself talking I'm super self-conscious, so maybe that's why I'm procrastinating on it. Anyway I sat down in a booth to record myself but then the air conditioning was on so I didn't think it would be a good spot so I went up to my project space thinking that might be a good spot but there were people around!! So I decided, maybe I should go to a park and rehearse at least, since it's such a beautiful day. I walked on over to the park close by and sat down in the sun. I pulled out the presentation and was going over it, but felt kind of silly speaking out loud to a screen in a park while people were walking by and decided instead to write a letter to a friend. This is when I really started to feel the caffeine and got very anxious. Nonetheless, I kept on procrastinating. Then I walked on over to the Whole Foods and got some multi-vitamins, which I'm almost out of at home. This time I got a big bottle of 120 tablets, instead of the 48 I usually get, which means I saved about 20 dollars! In the long run anyway. And then I went back to the booth that I had tried recording myself before. I actually tried recording myself this time, and got part way through, but then my brother and mother called, which was actually a great surprise! But my computer's battery was almost dead and I had to be back home to go to the YMCA by 3:15p, because I had my first training session. I joined the YMCA a couple days ago, but this was the first time I actually made it into the gym. I found out today that they have free (with membership) Yoga classes! Which is an amazing deal. I wish I knew about YMCA memberships earlier! But anyway, I am hoping to make it out more regularly now that I had my orientation session. I ran there on my way there and ran back and now I just got home. I should probably eat something. I still have to record myself though. But instead I recorded this. | 
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