*Grumble* [mumble] THUNK! The traditional sounds of me on a Tuesday morning, transposed to today due to the holiday. As usual, my week is filling with a lack of sleep and myriad of previous weeks' to-do lists going unfulfilled. Is there <i>any</i> way to break the cycle?

I have been noticing of late the remarkable changes in my social schedule since returning to Canada. My two-year stint in the USA was focused on work and little else. I gained few friends, though those I do have are very dear, and spent a very many weekends in (and travelling to and from) Canada. Of course, it was the people who I was constantly visiting that really encouraged me to return to my homeland. I suppose, what with my abundance of close friends here and major lack of sociality in Seattle, it is not hard to notice a change in my patterns, but it still amazes me.

My life fulfills me these days. Well, perhaps it is not fair to imply it didn't before; I was quite happy in Seattle. However, there is now more balance in my life - work and social life living in some sort of harmony. One thing about not having social commitments in Seattle was that I never came to work quite as consistently tired as I do these days. Oh well, life is full of compromises.

Play now, for tomorrow we die.