I have now joined many of you ladies in the sleepless nights department. It is 2 am and I am still up. I need to be up again by 6:30 am to go to the gym. I guess I am not too bothered. One - because you all seem to be managing it for ages. Two - because I slept and slept and then slept some more during the weekend.
On the other fronts, life is going on. I had an important presentation to make last Friday. We had to prove something and as it was one of the first things that we did on our relationship with the British team, it was very important. I couldn’t do any prep work on the first week, as was running around big time on lots of other stuff including recruitment. Then the plan was to study during the weekend. Somehow I kept on procrastinating throughout the weekend and did nothing. I just couldn’t get on with it. By Monday morning I became so tense that I actually had high fever. Somehow later that day, my brother managed to cheer me up and get going. I was up most of the night preparing. Things got better from there and I did well on Friday. The thing which scared most was that I was doing so well on my work and this stupid panic attack or whatever it was, gave me a big scare. I am definitely not out of the woods yet. My confidence has increased a lot in past couple of months. But it is still shaky which doesn’t augur well. Anyways, what has happened has happened. Need to take care in future.
Now I have started yawning a bit. Will finish this post and go to sleep. After a long time going back to gym. Excited about it. Hope this time things go better and I make some permanent changes. Badly need it for my health. The grind and stress at work is high and I am counting on my work outs to give me stamina. I am enjoying my work immensely so far. Maybe this one time I am at the right place at the right time.
Need to do diet changes as well. Have many challenges there due to long freakish hours. I am planning on drinking buttermilk or a shake in the morning before going to gym. Afterwards breakfast which will contain carbs. A lunch again of carbs, lentils and veggies. A couple of fruits in the evening (must stick to this one). Also another smallish snack of some kind. Dinner – lentil soup. Though this week I have made spinach soup. Planning to have that.
Okay sleepy now. Catch up with you all later. Have a great week.
anngirl
March 1st, 2009 at 11:50 pm
So glad you’re loving your job Ini and all those experiences are gonna make you even BETTER at what you do both personally and professionally!
Working out, giving presentations AND dieting.
Heck - you’ve got this thing in the bag!

rubyjean
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Glad you felt naturally sleepy. Boy Ini, I’ve been there with the presentation panic attack (when I feel unprepared and out of time!) The only thing that makes you feel better in my experience is to put your head down and slog through it, which is the last thing you feel you can do, but you do it anyway even if there are several false starts and some sleepless nights - and it sounds like that’s what you did. Hugs from me to you. Good on you on the exercise and diet - could you try a shake that has protein in it for energy? Take Care - I know you will…RubyJean
anngirl
March 27th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
well ms. ini - you’ve been ’sleepin’ all month - come out and play won’t ya?
xo
round
April 13th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Hi
Just about to update my blog and wanted to see if there was news from you - post soon so you don’t disappear!