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Today makes three decaffeinated weeks. Well, besides two Cokes (one in
\na restaurant, the other on Sunday with lunch). I can’t say that I’ve
\nnoticed a remarkable pickup in my productivity, but neither have I melted into a
\nCaffeine Free puddle of lethargic goop, so that’s promising. I suppose it
\nhelps that I’ve been exercising, too, steadily aching through
\n
\nPower 90<\/a> six days a week and playing ball when I can catch a break around
\nclasses and reading. Basketball didn’t go well last week (felt like a
\nbenchwarmer for the Atlanta Hawks bumbling around out there), but the P-90
\nprogram worked miracles when I kept at it for four months back in ’02. Now
\nit’s are-there-any-muscles-left?<\/i> overdue. Also, with the exercise,
\nI sleep soundly. At the rate I was going last semester, I would have
\nrequired vice grips to close my eyelids at night. Rest, intermitzzz.
\nForget cliches about burning the candle; I was so juiced on caffeine some days
\nthat I was burning…I don’t know. Something. But I’m back now.
\nIf the blog goes dull or altogether blanks out for weeks at a time, I think I’ve
\ngot a danm good excuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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