Withdrawal

This morning was pretty rough, as I woke up with a splitting headache and was literally sick to my stomach for a couple of hours. Eventually, I figured I'd gotten all the sick out of me and decided to clean up and get to work. The drive in was brutal, as there was a close call on the Beltway, when I was seriously debating whether or not I should just open my door to lose my lunch or if I could make it to the client site and to the restroom (I had just enough will power to do the latter). I couldn't figure out why I was feeling so bad. All I had to eat yesterday was a piece of fruit and a burrito bol from Chipotle that I split between lunch and dinner, but I was feeling just fine that evening - even got in a half hour run and lifted/stretched for another half hour, so everything was fine until I woke up. Then it dawned on me - I had no caffeine yesterday. I'm no expert on addiction, but the headache and nausea seemed to point to withdrawal symptoms. My healthier eating habits of late have mostly replaced the caffeine and sugar-laden goodies that used to make up the bulk of my diet. Apparently going cold turkey on the caff (even if inadvertently) is not a good idea, so I'll have to wean myself off of the stuff gradually in order to avoid nasty mornings in the future.

The other random thing that happened today was related to my computer. A new function popped up in the Format menu of Word. I now have some kind of "Asian layout" option that apparently no one else on my team has. I found it rather odd/creepy that my computer decided to give the one Asian user in the room an Asian layout function. Isn't this how the Terminator movies started, with the computers becoming self-aware?!