I guess now (headache-insomnia) is as good a time as any for an update.

I can't help but shake this sense of dread, or of something bad about to happen. I'm not a pessimist per se. It's like I know that something dreadful is waiting around the corner, like when I knew the NL was going to lose the All Star game last night because Dan Uggla is an AL spy Brad Lidge can't help but go Brad Lidge I was rooting for the NL.

Anyway, on with the update: the state board is reviewing my application to take the PE exam right now. I should hear something in two weeks. I have a hotel booked for BrickFair, but I haven't had time to go plane ticket hunting. Amanda & I are growing closer together, and I'm enjoying it immensely.

I'm still left wondering, though, why the emotional/psychological malaise. I could go to the gym, work up a sweat and tire myself out to get to sleep, but inside I know that's not going to solve anything.

I swear I'm not a pessimist, and I'm not trying to feed myself negative energy or what not. (While I do motivate myself with that often enough, this is a different brand.)

I'm going to go take some Excedrin and hope the acetaminophen out-does the caffeine and catch a 6-hour nap.

Maybe that's what I need: a full day off of not being needed to be anywhere. Too bad I don't have that luxury at the moment.

-KIE