Well, whatever I was praying for last night, it looks like maybe I got a little of it today. I woke up surprisingly early (given my 3am bedtime), prepared to face whatever is to come.

Are there warning signs? Shortened and irregular sleep patterns. Check. Frequent nervous twitchiness. Check. (But not right at this moment.) Heavy mood swings. Check. However, as long as I keep from shooting too far in any given direction, I am not plunging off the deep end. Caution is called for, but not panic.

I think part of my anxiety is also due to stressing out over some of these proto-work projects. I called a contact back, and agreed to join a conference call this afternoon with the parties involved in the Oracle project. With a little luck, if some of them are more competent/knowledgeable than they previously appeared to be, and assuming I haven't totally fudged up the Oracle part, we just might get that wrapped up and working, which would make everybody happy. Have I mentioned that I hate talking on the phone?

Even though there's more other work to do, I've been taking it easy this morning. After waking up and showering, I pecked out a few chords on my synth before heading over here. I got some breakfast at the McDonald's drivethru on the way. (Terrible for the health, but it was relatively cheap, tasted good, and smelled even better.)

Since then, I've mostly just been doing a little to straighten out the chaotic mess of files that is my home directory. Cleaning up my personal space, even if it's just a little. Feels good to do that.

I'll do the call this afternoon, spend some time on that other work project, and shoot for an early bedtime tonight, even if it means introducing powerful chemical compounds to push my brain under. I've been averaging around 5-6 hours of sleep per cycle for the past few days, which isn't enough, at least if it becomes a continual pattern.

Depending on how much I get done during the remainder of today, I may also take tomorrow off and meetup with $mentor[0]. (He called a couple days ago, suggesting it as a possibility, and I replied that I wasn't sure, due to all the busy work stuff.) We'll see. These projects are important though.

Above all, I must take care of myself. With that, the day goes on.