Geek Habitat

It serves me right for staying up until 3 AM the past 4 or 5 nights, working on the computer. I’m having one of my total wrist/arm flare-ups in my right arm, with muscle spasms and three numb fingers (middle finger to pinky) and a “knife” in my shoulder blade.

And what do I do? Login to my blog and post a quick update while using my laptop. I’ve tried to take time away from the computer, which generally means getting out of the house (away from temptation and need.) However, I’ve picked right up in the late evening hours, basically shifting my work to overnight shifts. And it doesn’t help that instead of mountain biking, lately I’ve been using the rowing machine — not so great for an already sore wrist/arm/shoulder.

‘Nuff, for now. Guess it’s time for me to catch up on all these books I have, including the William Gibson novel I’ve had on loan from my brother for ages. (I loved Pattern Recognition!) I also have two new books I purchased on a whim after re-watching the Stephen Spielberg movie, “Catch Me if You Can,” the true story of Frank William Abagnale — Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake and The Art of the Steal : How to Protect Yourself and Your Business from Fraud, America’s #1 Crime.

Any whoo… definitely time to put the laptop out of sight for awhile. And next time I’ll listen to Justin when he’s nagging me to take an “ergo break”! 14+ hours straight on a computer, followed by many more 8-10 hour days, just isn’t smart, especially when you know you have repetitive motion issues anyway.