Lost Time is Not Found Again

---Odds and ends---

Wow.  Time flies when you're suddenly productive.  The good news is that my health has improved enough that I was able to go back to work last week.  Since then, I've been plugging along, one day at a time.  Some days have been awesome, others... well... not so much.    But overall, I'm steadily improving and feeling much healthier.

I'm adjusting to a new way of life and making changes which can significantly improve the quality of my life.

My diet has been simplified.  I no longer eat spicy foods.  I no longer drink coffee (big sacrifice).  I drink tea instead.  I don't drink soda (often).  I drink lots more water (mostly seltzer or Pellegrino).  I avoid processed foods.  I avoid artificial sweeteners at all costs.  I avoid red meat (I only just re-introduced chicken into my diet over the weekend).  I drink Aloe Vera juice mixed with Papaya juice.  I tried red cabbage juice, but can't stomach it.  I take probiotics.  I make my lunch and carry it to work every day.  Above all, I keep it simple and try to keep it balanced.  I'm having more carbs than I'd like right now, but I'm still healing, and the carbs (rice and potatoes in particular) are proving quite helpful.  I'll introduce more foods as time goes on, but for now, I'm trying to let myself heal.

Seasonal Allergies reared their ugly head last Thursday (September 26, 2013) I woke up with a scratchy throat and knew what was coming.  I don't have bad allergies, but I do have allergies and need to treat the symptoms.  But for now, I'm not able to take the OTC medications I usually take when allergies strike.  For example, I usually take a combination of Sudafed, Mucinex, and nasal spray to treat the allergy symptoms.  But that little trifecta (especially the Sudafed part) probably isn't a great idea with my current medications, so I'm just dealing with the discomfort.  The symptoms only lasted a day or two and will probably continue to come and go for the next few weeks.  Nothing I can't handle.

---The Direction of this Blog---

So I've really enjoyed blogging.  I think the experiment has helped me cope with my sickness and also given me the chance to put my thoughts out there for the world to see (or ignore).  I've maintained a professional blog for a couple of years, but I want to keep that separate from this.  This blog is for me (and you) and is going to contain things that I care about.  It's gonna be a journal.  It's gonna be a little bit of everything... and why not?

So the title of the blog has changed from C-Different (although that is still the URL) to New Eyes.  We'll see how long that sticks.  I could change it to something completely different in another week or so and to something else a week or two after that.

Whatever.

I've got a few things I really want to write about.  Some autobiographical stuff, some music stuff, some sports stuff (I'm a big-time baseball fan), some spirituality stuff, some political stuff, and some general lifestyle stuff.  I've written some pretty large screeds on Facebook which I am going to copy here as blog posts over the coming days just so they get a different audience.

And I guess I'm going to have to categorize my posts a little better now, huh??

So all this means that the initial vision I had for this blog has shifted, and that's okay with me...
Stay tuned.  It could get interesting around here.
If nothing else, it'll let you know a little bit about what goes on in the mind of one human being...