It gets harder and harder to maintain a personal online journal as time goes on. It was really weird at first to know my parents and my sister read this journal, but I got over it eventually. I know some friends from NC still read this journal from time to time, which doesn't bother me much at all. The only problem is that I feel guilty about griping publicly on this journal about my personal problems when some of my other close friends are going through very challenging times (moreso than me).

Anyways, I won't bother going into details about this, but I think today was when I first started to unravel a bit from the stress of the past few months. It's been one of those train wrecks that I bet some of you have anticipated - moving across the country away from my comfort zone, coupled with the stress of working for a start-up ... I think it was only a matter of time before it all got to me.

The sleep problems have reared their ugly head again ... even when I do manage to get to sleep, it's a very unrestful sleep - I keep waking up every few hours. I found an online site (yeah, let's trust the internet for FACTS) that Magnesium was a good natural supplement to sleep, so I picked some up. I read somewhere that an athlete swears by magnesium supplements - he said that the supplements turned his dreams very vivid ... he said it was like his dreams had become HD. Hah.

Anyways, I know I've been not online or responding to emails or phone calls lately - sorry. I have a tendency when I'm stressed to basically shut off all distractions in the outside world.

I bought a plane ticket back home to NC - I need to get away from this hectic-ness soon or I'll go nuts. The round-trip ticket cost me like $520 (good god!), but I have a feeling it'll be well worth it. I'll be back in town from March 23rd to the 25th. I really hope to see you guys back home ... I've been missing the tranquility of NC the past few days :)

Hope all is well with everybody!