slowing the flow

of words and more... working 80 hours a week with 60 of them at the workplace and an hour of travel time there and back cuts back on the time for everything else and assessing the changes since i started this new job last year, i exercise less (which is seriously wrong) and i write less (which is just not right and one reason i exercise less) and sleep less (which is not healthy either) and grump more (as jackson can attest) and eat less healthy (rushed) and drinking more caffeine (to the point where i feel the withdrawal again when i pause a day or two, very bad) gained weight (suicide) and rarely see friends or play games with others (sad) and... probably other things... the only thing that hasn't changed is softball... i play about the same amount as i did the last decade or so, though i definitely am less active on the field... fielding slower due to the weight and fatigue... alas, the working life does take many years off the life and does make for a dull boy who has little time for friends or anything else, but at least i do love the work...

the weekends are times i don't want to do anything but rest, but there must be more balance in everything i do, so i shall see what this next week and month brings as i have softball scheduled every evening and at least four evenings a week for the next five weeks... burn out or balance, something's gotta give :)