Week 16 2026

UGH I fell apart and fell behind

Some highlights at the top of my head:

Finished my second book this year, Project Hail Mary. Now I look forward to watching the movie at some point.

Today, I helped my brother in law with moving out of his parents place to his new place just 15 minutes away within the same-ish neighborhood.

Had charcoal grill Korean BBQ for the first time in YEARS. Holy moly I missed this experience. Only problem is I smell like burnt oil and chimney soot

My cousin Francis turned 40 this past week and had a massive family party at his house in Castro Valley. There was SO much food; a whole Chinese bbq roast pig, typical Chinese bbq roast duck and empress chicken, burmese dishes such as coconut chicken noodle soup and sticky rice, Wilson's signature seafood boil of shrimp, clams, and 15 pounds of live crawfish shipped from Louisiana, two bigass cakes, goddamnit I know I'm missing more but yeah it was crazy delicious.

What a fun week outside of work.

My sleep hygiene is consistently terrible

I can't recall a single night where I sleep earlier than 3 am in the past three weeks.

I supplement everyday with 10 grams of creatine NOT strictly for exercise but to overcome my sleep deprivation – and it actually works. I don't deny my body is kind of fucked up, I've got a bunch of mouth sores right now and perpetually physically exhausted.

I'm so burnt out from work that when I get home, I can't wait to fall into my bad habits of binge eating, revenge bed time procrastination, and the occasional goon-a-thon. God DAMNIT I'm so tired of work.

My parents have been on vacation for two weeks; one week in Taiwan for my dad's school reunion, and one week in Vietnam for their first time.

My in-laws are also on vacation, but for 4 weeks in Hong Kong, Japan, and Malaysia?

I need a vacation...I think I just need some time away from my job sigh.