Cachinnatees, please indulge and forgive this break from my nonsense.

I've had a lot on my mind lately. I've had my hands full. And I just may have grown up a little.

See... I've been wasting a lot of time recently. Beeki's been in rehearsal during the evenings and I've had more of them free than usual. So what have I done? Helpful items on my to-do list? No. Study? No. Read? No. Clean? No. Work out? No.

I farted around on the internet and played video games. I've just felt so tired and preoccupied that all I could do was sit and think.

And it's not like I was feeding my mind or body well. I wasn't sleeping enough. I was eating poorly. I was watching cable news. I was listening to inane talk radio. I was participating in discussions/arguments on the internet about theology and local politics. (Neither should ever be discussed on the internet. It is the worst possible place for them.)

And the adage is true: garbage in, garbage out.

So I'm trying to make changes now. Because I can and I must. I'm starting very simply. I pack a healthy lunch. I drink a full Nalgene bottle of water every day. I get in bed at a decent hour. I clean a little bit around the house or in the yard every day. I go to the gym. I listen to my books on my iPod while driving. I watch only films or shows about home and garden or history. I read my books and magazines.

I'm trying. A little at a time, I'm trying.

And now, it's past my bedtime. Hopefully the next time we meet, I'll be healthier, wealthier, and wiser. Or at least thinner and better rested.