Head, Heart, Spirit

I'm tired.  I haven't had time over the last several days to get to the gym and I'm not quite sure if that's a symptom or a cause.  I've got plans for this evening so I made a specific effort to get up early and go to the gym first thing, before work.  Ugh.

I'm not a morning person.  It's not that I'm grouchy or even unproductive in the mornings so much as I really don't like significant physical exertion while it's still dark outside.  My body (and my mind) generally needs to get warmed up a bit before doing that.  Prime fitness time for me is anywhere between 10am - 5pm.  Typically - lunch works well.  But these days my schedule is such that there is no opportunity to fit it in so it's gotta happen before work or after work.  I expect to do the morning routine more regularly as perhaps that'll make it so it's not so painful...

I went to the dentist yesterday.  I need a root canal.  And a crown.  Oh joy.  Neither is really a surprise, but that doesn't make it any more pleasant.  Any idea how much those things cost?  Ridiculous amounts of cash.  Getting this unpleasantness done is on my horizon....  Yuck

The South Carolina Republican Primary happens on Saturday.  There's another in the seemingly endless parade of debates here in Charleston this evening.  One of the ironies is that Rick Perry declared his candidacy here in Charleston a few months ago to great fanfare. Today he was in the state again when he announced that he is withdrawing (details).  Shocker there.  But it has practical implictions to the dynamics of what's happening (Romney Lead At Risk...) right now.

The city is clogged with candidates stumping for support (schedule of who is where).  As for me - I'm considering going the the Stephen Colbert rally at the University of Charleston tomorrow afternoon (details).  That might be amusing.  Stephen Colbert lives in the area so it's not difficult for him to get here.  There aresome interesting/amusing numbers involving the enigmatic Mr. C - see them here.

In my work world - busy busy busy.  Without sharing too much detail I'm an IT Project Manager in a huge program to replace the infrastructure upon which healthcare services will be built in a very large Federal organization for the next 10 or so years.  It's big stuff...very interesting, very challenging, lots of visibility and pressure, good people.  I'm loving it.

I had a team from one of our software partners in town earlier this week so we had an entire day of planning/discussion.  Then - out for dinner.  That's how it works.  We went to a nicer downtown sushi restaurant.  I'm a relative neophyte when it comes to sushi and sushimi, but everything we had was wonderful.  It was a long day - got there to set-up for the meetings before 8 and didn't get home until almost 11pm.  No wonder I haven't had time to get to the gym...

Speaking of loving it, and food,  I'm very much enjoying Charleston Restaurant Week.  I've eaten at several of the restaurants already and have reservations for tonight and tomorrow before it ends on Sunday.  There are a few places downtown where I'm enough of a "regular" to know people on a first-name basis and actually gave one person enough information to Google me.  I suspect that I'll prorbably know if and when he does....

I watched the movie "Source Code" last night.  Interesting....and enjoyable.  I'm thinking of going to the movies this weekend.  We'll see how it unfolds.

That's really all I've got for today.  I'm in a generally good place in most respects - head, heart, and spirit are all doing well.  I can see me moving away from some aspects of the past to embrace other elements of a future I'm hoping to build.   And, for the first time in a long time, I'm thinking about long-term plans.  Go figure....  

One last thing - I've been listening to the music of Matt Nathanson on Spotify lately.  Here's a song that I'll often replay more than once for some reason...