angledge | Escape from SF.

La chica & I are leaving the city for a couple of days. Since it's only late Thursday evening, we haven't decided where we're going yet - heck, we only thought up the plan to go anywhere yesterday! But the odds-on favorite for our destination is the North Coast - Arcata, Avenue of the Giants, somewhere north of here where the trees grow to the size of Saturn V rockets. I want to listen to rain dripping off of 500-year-old redwoods, smell the forest loam, & step off of the pavement for a few hours. Should be nice.

Work is busy as can be right now - even Des is looking careworn & haggard. But this new contract represents an enormous opportunity for me. I keep meaning to post about it, but I just need to find the time!

Last night I performed a sleep study - I slept with a blood oxygen meter/recorder & pulse counter. The idea is that if this machine detects that my blood oxygen levels drop during the night, I might have sleep apnea. If that is the case, I will probably end up going to a sleep clinic for a full overnight study. I was telling my co-workers about this yesterday, & it prompted an outpouring of Snoring Confessions: "I snore so badly that my girlfriend kicked me out of my own bed!" "When my husband told me I snored, I almost slapped him. I don't snore! I'm dainty!" "It's not just my wife who complains about my snoring. The dog won't even share a bedroom with me anymore." This actually made me feel better - while I'm still embarrassed about the whole snoring thing (& worried about the sleep apnea thing), at least I'm not alone. The whole world snores!