I’m currently riding a lovely caffeine wave lovingly supplied by my new favorite drink, RockStar Pomegranate energy drink. I was hanging a little from going out last night dancing and it’s put me right back into a mood to get things done. Caffeine has always been my weapon of choice when combating migraines and I think it continues to help. My Aunt from San Antonio introduced me to this lovely nectar. I’ve been warned to not overdo it and I will oblige.  There is another brand of drink that I like too called RedJak; the makers of Big Red soda also make this one.  My Aunt likes them because they don’t have that shitty stuff called High Fructose Corn Syrup.

This is going to be a short post because I’m working on homework.  My current assignment is to create a simple fake cell phone web site and allow for processing of orders for new service.  It’s actually going to be fun .

Until later.

I am back at work today and still feeling the slump of post-vacation blues. It was nice spending time with my Aunt and grandparents. My step-grandmother is degrading slowly because of the dementia and my grandfather is being a saint with her. She isn’t eating much anymore but she’s still talkative and remembered who I was.

I had such problems with headaches the entire time I was there. I don’t know if it was the heat, the weather, or possibly the cats at my Aunt’s house. I took a Claritin equivalent to help with the allergies and it seemed to do it’s job. I probably took 4 or more Tylenol or Ibuprofen every day except Sunday – I just couldn’t kick the headache! We also wiped ourselves out with going different places; but I did have a lot of fun doing that.

I’m going to be posting more pictures of the area on my Flickr account if you’re interested. I got some good shots of an Orb Weaver spider in my Aunt’s side yard among other things. Keep an eye out for that

We had a great time camping this past weekend.  The weather was beautiful and the bugs not so bad.  My headaches, on the other hand, were not so good.  I found myself medicating at least twice a day for the three days we were gone.  I’m sure the camp fire and particulates didn’t help so much.  The stress of setting up camp, etc also wasn’t too fun.   All things considered, it was worth going.

Getting back into the groove after camping sucks.  I can remember being in a “funk” after camping when I was a kid.  Of course my parents usually had the mother of all fights during camping trips so it wasn’t always an unwelcome return.

Haven’t started Harry Potter yet.  I’ve been reading a fairly large-sized book for a programming language certification exam for work.  It means a pay increase when I pass so it’s kind of the focus of what I’ve been reading.  Although finding the motivation has been hard lately.  Every time I get home I’m wiped and I think a lot of it is caffeine hangover.  I should really cut back on the coffee and soda during the day.

Enough for now; I have a lot to catch up on.