Something I never thought about before today: I bet if I had a secretary to bring me coffee, I'd drink a lot more coffee.

As it is, I only have coffee two or three days a week. Which is probably good. I like not being hooked. But coffee is so good. And it makes me not hungry, which I like. I think it was Emily who said that if you drink enough caffeine you can convince your body that you've eaten even if you haven't.

I like leaving my email open when I'm sitting at a computer for a while, so that if anyone emails me I can read it immediately. I never used to do that, but somewhere along the line I got into the habit. I can't do that here at the radio station. Something is weird about our network connection. It likes to break for a few seconds every few minutes, which generally isn't problematic or even noticeable, but which kills my connection to the university's mail server. So I just log in (is the verb still "log in," or is it "login" now?) every three minutes, check for mail, then quit. It's tedious. I don't know what I think will happen if I go for a few minutes without checking my email... I go for hours without checking it all the time, but if I'm in front of a computer it's a compulsion.

This afternoon I wrote a 351-word sentence about what it's like to write. I also wrote a 351-word sentence about what it's like to write 351-word sentences. I got credit for this. (Or at least I will if Cushman doesn't hate my work.)

Blaaaaah. I ate dinner when I wasn't hungry, because I knew that it was my last opportunity to eat for hours and if I didn't I'd get really hungry. So now I feel... not even full. Unsettled. Like there's some sort of creature sitting in my stomach.

And dazed. I'm sleepy. I didn't get much sleep... from 3-something to 8:30, which isn't terribly little, but I'm still used to getting 7 or 8 hours. I guess it could still be the mono. Fatigue is supposed to be the longest-lasting symptom. I'm just so glad not to be coughing and feverish anymore... if I'm tired for a few more weeks, I don't really mind that much.

I think perhaps I will lie down on the couch and see if I can catch a few minutes' nap before the music meeting.