I don’t think I can blame a cold on my lack of motivation at the gym. I never did get sick. This week, however, I’ve been having trouble getting to sleep and maybe I could use that as an excuse. I haven’t been able to beat any of the yoots in weeks.

While I can say, so far, that I haven’t come down with anything, THMFIC seems to have come down with a cold. I’ve only known him for about a year, but I’m guessing he’s not one of the odd people who can be sick and non-demanding at the same time. So here’s hoping that the brains behind the gym (his wife Tina) survives this ordeal.

I’m very glad this is a short week at work. I’m too beat right now to think of anything clever. Not even about the last thing I asked my mom to buy me in Japan, AN ELECTRIC NOSE HAIR TRIMMER. Yeah, you get old and you worry about this sort of stuff, or about somehow poking yourself in the nostril with sharp scissors. So, instead of worrying, you want some contraption built by the Japanese or maybe the Swiss to trim your nose hairs. Nice and sharp and non-dangerous. I wouldn’t suggest any American gadgets made by Wahl or sold at Brookstone, nor any other half-assed trimmers from the land of the Flowbee. Other than that I think she got me some thermal undershirts from Uniqlo. Basically, it’s better that I go shopping for myself.