Part of it has been deliberate self-immersion on my part ... I tend to get moody when the season changes[1], and keeping my hands busy makes my brain shut up for a while. (Some people talk to avoid thinking ... I draw or write.) Another part of it is that work lightened up, finally, and it's amazing how much more productive you can be without a 16 ton weight on your head!
Less visible, but still happening, is that there's been some nice percolation going on in my mind about my writing.
So, hurrah for productivity!
But alas now, it's back to the job. Bleah! ;P But at least it's not Starbucks. ;)
-The Gneech
EDIT: Oh yeah! Vince's fitness post reminded me, that another thing is that I've managed to add workouts back into my routine finally. That's another item on the "How am I cramming all this stuff in?" list. Although the Bowflex workouts are considerably easier to do (and recover from) than the Kung Fu.
[1] Those who follow my moods may, at this juncture, be saying, "Well dammit Gneech, you get depressed when the weather sucks all summer, and you get depressed when the weather changes to being nice in the fall. WTF is wrong with you?" Well, the only response I have is, "Hey, at least you're just reading about it -- I have to live with this shit!" ;)