I’m back. Above is an emulator I’ve been replaying Fire Red on for my iPhone during my vacation. It’s decent enough, but I’d like to see what other titles are out there. And possibly reinstall it since the iOS 11 update busted its functionality.
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So it turns out I never used any of my 2 week vacation time since Labor Day. In that spirit, I decided to take off most of this month off from work for some serious R&R. It’s been about a week since I was last in the office and I’m gradually getting some sanity/sleep back. There’s a deep sense of calm now when waking up everyday. Something I haven’t experienced probably since the first semester of college.
I spent the better part of the past 2 years sleeping 4 hours a night, grinding through the caverns of CS and side projects/jobs and hardly rewarded myself. Was it hell? At times yeah. My rationale at the time was to take no prisoners and move forward everyday no matter what. But I guess you could say that despite having a hot furnace, I lacked the fuel to execute this mentality day in and day out. Something like running on fumes if you will. Very…modern art.
Anyways, the past 6 days or so I’ve been getting on average about 18-20 hours of sleep per night according to my Fitbit. I’ve also been caffeine free for about 2 weeks now which has been a weird adjustment period. It’s strange since I never formally stopped coffee or made a gradual transition to stopping it. It’s just that I woke up one day last month, fairly well-rested, and forgot to bring my K cups to work. That cycle of forgetting has pretty much continued up until now, but it’s weirdly better in some way I can’t explain.
My vacation plans involve Netflix binges, a planned hike, a concert in downtown, and perhaps a few games of darts/pool with my neighbors. Nothing flashy quite yet. I’m more the type to actively NOT seek out random big events, flying to faraway places, fancy dinners, etc.
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