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Aug. 3rd, 2013 09:49 amHi there! Been meaning to update this all week but I've been rather busy with things personal and work-related. Workwise I've been rather busy...the volume in my job tends to come and go in waves, so there will be days where I'm ridiculously backlogged, and there are days where I can goof off breathe a bit easier. The good thing is that I've learned to balance all this and not get stressed out. It helps that I'm working from home and get to listen to music to keep me calm. As I've mentioned earlier, my music of choice lately has been Santa Clara University's college radio station (KSCU--you can listen online here), so musically I'm pretty much in my element there. I'm not nearly as stressed out as I was a few years go. There are a few stressful days here and there, but I've learned to balance it all out.
This week was also temporarily sidetracked by an unexpected health issue. Long story short, what I thought might have been a bug bite or a bruise on the back of my neck was actually an inflamed cebaceous cyst (non-cancerous--nonsquicky version, it's a buildup of dead cells under the skin that's actually quite common and completely harmless, unless it gets infected/inflamed like it had for me, via a bug bite at the Arboretum in GGP a few weeks previous). Monday I went in to have it checked, only to have it treated, with a follow-up on Thursday declaring a clean bill of health.
I mention this mainly because this was pretty much the impetus to get me off my duff and make good on my 2013 plan to get healthier. We've been going to the gym and walking around the neighborhood, of course, but this was me finally saying it was high time I actually headed to the doctor. I've already made plans to go for a check-up in a few weeks as well. And on a more personal note, I'm trying to be more healthy with my food choices as well, cutting down on my sugar intake [GASP OF HORROR!] (Okay, this should really be translated to: slowly finishing off the candy stash I have and holding back on buying new stuff) (ANYWAY) and soda intake as well.
Anyhoo...feeling relatively healthy, with room for improvement!
[Of course, I say this just as we're about to head out to Hamburger Haven and have a ridiculously greasy breakfast and possibly stop at the bakery on the way home. Everything in moderation, I guess... :p ]
This week was also temporarily sidetracked by an unexpected health issue. Long story short, what I thought might have been a bug bite or a bruise on the back of my neck was actually an inflamed cebaceous cyst (non-cancerous--nonsquicky version, it's a buildup of dead cells under the skin that's actually quite common and completely harmless, unless it gets infected/inflamed like it had for me, via a bug bite at the Arboretum in GGP a few weeks previous). Monday I went in to have it checked, only to have it treated, with a follow-up on Thursday declaring a clean bill of health.
I mention this mainly because this was pretty much the impetus to get me off my duff and make good on my 2013 plan to get healthier. We've been going to the gym and walking around the neighborhood, of course, but this was me finally saying it was high time I actually headed to the doctor. I've already made plans to go for a check-up in a few weeks as well. And on a more personal note, I'm trying to be more healthy with my food choices as well, cutting down on my sugar intake [GASP OF HORROR!] (Okay, this should really be translated to: slowly finishing off the candy stash I have and holding back on buying new stuff) (ANYWAY) and soda intake as well.
Anyhoo...feeling relatively healthy, with room for improvement!
[Of course, I say this just as we're about to head out to Hamburger Haven and have a ridiculously greasy breakfast and possibly stop at the bakery on the way home. Everything in moderation, I guess... :p ]
