Sleepless in Seattle

I'm finally back and settled now. I'm just east of Seattle, and ready to get into the grind for the the biggest software company in the world.

I have saved the drafts for the road trip that I made (5 days, 1600 miles). Pero kakatamad... Ang haba kasi. There were some good stops along the journey, and I'm glad it was over. I discovered a few things about myself, and those are always invaluable.

Regarding my sleeping, I've been having a lot of trouble having one long sleep. The lower right portion of my back is paining. And it would wake me up sometimes due to the pain. It felt internal, and it could be my kidney. But people have said that I'll have problems with my urinating, and so far I'm normal in that department.

Another hypothesis is it could be my appendix, but it seems that you'll have to be in excrutiating pain if your appendix starts acting up. Oh well, I'll head to a doctor as soon as I get my health insurance card. Hope it comes soon...

Quotes

There's supposed to be a post before this about my leaving San Diego. I have put it on hold for a while. In the meantime, I came across this excerpt from Byron Katie.

"What I know about dying is that when there's no escape, [and] when you know that no one is coming to save you, there's no fear...

"People who know that there's no hope are free; decisions are out of their hands. It has always been that way, but some people have to die bodily to find out. No wonder they smile on their deathbeds. Dying is everything they were looking for in life: they've given up the delusion of being in charge. When there's no choice, there's no fear. They begin to realize that nothing was ever born but a dream and nothing ever dies but a dream."

-Byron Katie, "A Thousand Names for Joy."