I have been working 10 hour shifts at work. Today I decided to stay later to try and wrap up a project. All in all I spent 12 hours looking at a computer screen. I did, however, take an hour off for lunch and 45 minutes for dinner. Ate at home both times. I was planning on working until 10:00 tonight but at about 8:30 I started feeling really sick. My head was just so buzzy that it made me feel ill. I should have listened to my body and stopped when my body told me it was time. I finally got the hint at 9:00 and shut down the computer and went home. But by then it was too late. That buzzy over worked brain feeling used to a drug for me. But now I hate the feeling.

I needed to try to pull my brain in a different direction. I was thinking of for my step three class to do some drawing of my step. So that got thinking about drawing. But homework was still too close to work. So I decided I would just draw. I grabbed my sketch pad and pencils and started to draw. I like to look at pictures in coloring books and draw them. I have not drawn for over 15 years. But I had the supplies and a Winnie the Pooh coloring book so I drew a picture of Winner the Pooh hugging a bunch of flowers. It was fun. And took my brain to a different place. I am a little out practice so it turned out all right. Plus I had no table to draw on as I decided the other day to strip down my kitchen table and restain it (it is still in the garage waiting to be finished). So I drew sitting on my couch. I used to draw a lot when I was a little kid. It was the only thing besides writing that I felt I was any good at. A while ago I posted on the forum that I was going to start doing drawing again but never did.

It was fun tonight. And I was reading through the Winnie the Poo coloring book – what a joy. I would read the words and in my brain I heard the voices of the characters. Made me smile. And made me realize that Eeyore really needs a good solid breakfast.

Kari