Back from LA
Well, I'm back from Los Angeles and feeling surprisingly good for a change. Usually, when I get back from trade shows, I'm a train wreck for days afterwards. Long nights, early mornings and unusual diets usually add up to a bad combination for me: I often get back and need a week to recover.
Well, this show was a bit different. Although the long nights and early mornings were there, I took much better care of myself dietarily than I usually do. What's more, this is the first E3 that I've done on medication to control my blood sugar, and I expect that made a huge difference.
My friend John told me that this is the first time he's seen me not looking both wired and exhausted at the same time -- oddly enough, he hasn't seen me since I've started to get the sugar under control, so I guess that's a good sign. A lot of salads, not a lot of carbs or meat, and very little alcohol also helped.
The other thing that was different about this trip was that I didn't run myself to the point of exhaustion at the end of it. I got back to the hotel from the convention center right after the show closed on Friday, at about 5PM. I put my head down on the pillows to take a nap and woke up at 1:30AM. Realized I wasn't going anywhere at that point, went to sleep, and didn't wake up again until 6:00 the next morning. I expect that 13 hours or so of sleep I got did some good, too. It would have been nice to see some people one last time, but I guess I needed the rest.