Here I am, up late again. I put aside my Kindle but I spent a lot of time trying to pare down the list of songs I have for my iPod. I have a 40GB iPod but I usually carry around a 4GB Nano as a backup for my iPhone. For some reason, I can’t limit my selection of awful dance music (that keeps me sane sitting next to the world’s loudest typer) to only 4GB. Choices, choices.

I’m also trying to replace my firewall and I keep running into problems. I don’t have all of the right cabling for a serial console or for a CD-ROM drive to install a new OS. I keep thinking about geeky computer stuff when I should be sleeping. I think I’ll rectify that right now.

The contractors made it back to the house today and they replaced the floor in record time. I thought they were going to screw the floor down but they used ring-shank nails. After dealing with those ring shank nails while tearing up the old floor, I’ve decided that they are the spawn of Satan. But if they work I shouldn’t complain. Now if I can figure out how to keep the shower door from leaking, I’ll be all set.

OK, so the title doesn’t make any sense. Ask for a refund.

I’ve been staying up late because I am a moron, and because I’ve been reading a book on my Kindle 2. I still really like the thing because (as I’ve said) I don’t really care what the words are on, I just really like reading. In any case, I figure I should probably get some sleep and not spend the extra hour reading, especially since I finished the book and I haven’t started the next one. And I’m kind of tired.

I’ve noticed that people from the gym aren’t blogging as much lately. I don’t have to do much work to find this out, since I use several programs that aggregate RSS feeds. This means I get headlines from all the blogs I follow in one program. The only time this doesn’t work out for me is when people don’t have RSS feeds (HELLO JAMIE, I’M TALKING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR CUPCAKES) or when I’m counting on someone to talk about the workout before I make some seriously poor choices for lunch. Today’s workout, for example, probably should not have been preceded by Huevos con Chorizo. Something chickeny would have been a better idea. Without prior warning, I eat things like fried chicken, hamburgers, and giant chimichangas.

The workout at the gym was tough. If you’ve been following along you’ll notice that they’re usually tough, and this one was particularly bad. Even during the warmup, my head was feeling a little achy and I thought I could have used some performance-enhancing drugs. The ones I often take, but didn’t today, are Advil and Claratin. I’m not seeing that many hay fever symptoms so I figured I could cut down on the antihistamines, but in the middle of the run around the block I kept passing through a cloud of musky pollen. I’m thinking drugs might have helped.

We did 5 rounds of 30 mountain climbers, 25 kettlebell swings, 20 medball slams, 15 medball cleans (and I’ve found a way to make them harder), 10 burpees, 5 knees-to-elbows, and a run around the block. I estimated it would take me 63 minutes and it only took me 33 1/2. It was pretty brutal and I even forgot to hit the “publish” button on this post. Nice, huh?