Since being A little bit hazy for the past few weeks I think things are improving. I handed in my last two assignments which I think took a lot of umpf out of me.  I've been distracted from work recently by a new book I'm reading called Mindset, which has helped. It's. It's very similar to the last book I read which is mentioned here in Bounce: To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. So this has been an interesting diversion. 

I'm still very tired in the mornings and I've not kept to my usual morning routines because of it,  which I suspect is because of lack of motivation. I'll need to sort this out. I have however kept up my weekly runs. Today I took a very casual run around Victoria Park, running with my new music playlist and being careful not to overstrain my leg, which has a slight niggle which is wearing off nicely(though tomorrow morning will really tell). I averaged a lot less than I suspected, 4:48 which is a good decent amble. I didn't race anyone today.

It's good to remember that running is about enjoying each moment and not relying on the first and last moments to fuel your enjoyment. So that's why I quite like running alone, I can pace myself such that I'm enjoying every single decision I'm making and not reacting to others. 

I bought a Bluetooth 4.0 dongle for my tablet because it only has a built-in 3.0 adapter and my Microsoft fold-up keyboard, while far superior to my Samsung one, requires 4.0. It took about a week for the dongle to arrive in the mail. The Samsung one is a bit iffy and it chews through battery like a Tasmanian devil. So, fairly happy with that.

I've been eating well but as I mentioned in A little bit hazy, something kicked me off my old routine and I'm not too sure what it is. I'm still part way through getting to grips with it really. 

I've been eyeing a new course in Computer Games Technology which I think I'd like to take in September, though I've already got a jam-packed curricular schedule and need to balance my sanity. I do need to get back to my extracurricular activities too, mostly around CMaking good progress with my C++ game library but so far the dense black fog has descended and I'm still waiting for the smoke to clear.

I found these new Chupa Chups lollipops which I've basically bought 3 packets of already and kind of in love with right now. I think my favourite one is the Cola flavoured one, which is strange because I've never liked cola very much to start with - I never drank coke growing up - now I do a little bit.

I've got my holiday coming up soon which I'm looking forward to, hopefully, the flight isn't too painful - I always say that I'll work on my laptop or read a book because I have so much time but I never do. It's just that I can't sleep or concentrate on a plane. They are horrible and wonderful things.

I don't like flying because if anything goes wrong, you're dead no questioned asked. That's not something you can try again or revisit and life is pretty great so why risk ending it? I know, yes yes the chances of the plane going down are 1 in like whatever but its that one chance that bothers me!

I did, after my run, try out a new special eco-friendly shower installed recently in our shared office space. Its a mixture of water and air produced to reduce your water usage. It was OK, but unfortunately, the temperature dial wasn't working so all I got was burn-your-skin-off mode. Which, to be fair reduced the amount of water that I used...

 Today's run, while not a crowning glory, was never meant to be: