Done yesterday (20091110 Tu)

[mdlbear]

1110 Tu
  & Awake 2ish; Snuggle; reading.  sleepy-time tea
  @ http://www.wesnisker.com/ 
    http://www.amazon.com/Buddhas-Nature-Practical-Discovering-Cosmos/dp/0553379992/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235000196&sr=1-6
    from http://slothman.livejournal.com/141876.html
	Wes Nisker examines Buddhist meditation practices in the light of
	modern scientific understanding of biology and evolution. This is not
	a breathless "OMG people knew all this stuff 2500 years ago"
	screed--it's more a matter of noting modern scientific results that
	match up with the insights that meditators came up with over many
	years of self-examination, and suggesting ways that understanding the
	science can enrich your own meditative practice. 
  * put laundry in drier
  & maybe an hour of second sleep
  * up 6:45; W=200; coffee; drugs, nose; teeth; C
  @ Monkey Brains [lyrics] 
  @ Scratching Niche Itches
  * 9am through "Idea 2" of Burns: Ten Days to Self-Esteem (p. 53)
    Can probably finish Step 2 this evening.
    <- more for depression and anxiety than for disthymia and disaffectation
  @ Crowdfunding vs. Begging
  * walk: Safeway and back around the pond
    Saw someone I know in conversation; I don't think he noticed me.
  @ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/rock-band-played-with-a-flute-awesome-redefined-video/
  * tell group I'm WFH Wednesday morning
  * got through the rest of Step 2 of Burns.
  * transfer $200 to Colleen
  * 10ish.  Cyclobenzaprine and bath
  & 10:45 bed.  Snuggle.  slept soundly

I spent most of yesterday feeling rather groggy and underslept -- I think I got four or five hours, between having trouble getting to sleep in the first place, and being up between roughly 2 and 5am. The snuggle was good, but I paid for it.

Took a good walk at lunchtime: down to Safeway on Sand Hill, and back the long way via the pond. Noticably out of shape, but I think improving.

I have been working my way through Ten Days to Self-Esteem by David D Burns. So far it's almost entirely about depression and anxiety. It took me a while to resign myself to writing in a book; it's not something I normally do. Some of the exercises are surprisingly difficult -- they assume some background information that I don't have, and ways of thinking that I'm not used to. Good for me, I suppose.

I slept soundly last night thanks to a hot bath, cyclobenzaprine, and snuggle.

Links up in the raw notes -- I'm feeling lazy.