This was one of those mornings that I woke up and that\u2019s about as far as my brain went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can tell the days when my brain is fully engaged and those days it is just getting by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My first tell is whether or not I can do Sudoku. If I am seeing patterns, then the brain is fully engaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first try to get my brain to fully engage is coffee. I have limited the amount I have each day to two cups in the morning trying to avoid the jitters in the evening. This is down from when I worked at Borders, which had free coffee as one of the perks, and drank about twelve cups a day. At Del Rey I got it down to six, again free coffee was a job perk. Then when I was pregnant with Caroline I cut it down to one cup and discovered I was not as wired at bedtime so I continue with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If that doesn\u2019t work then exercise is next both mental and physical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If that doesn\u2019t work, then I know it\u2019s going to be a difficult day mentally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am more careful about what I say or do on the Internet on these sorts of days. I tend to be emotionally a little more hair-trigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I will muddle through the day and do what I can. I hope tomorrow is better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am grateful for the days of fully engaged brain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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