Mar 8, 2009
Apple Cider Products Ruin Yet Another Week
Last Monday, March 2nd, I finished the first draft of my latest book at 9:30 PM. It was a bit of a relief to shoot it out to my editor, and to be in bed by 10:30. Thus, ended the first phase of a writing and planning process that began in May of 2008.
On the following evening Julie and I planned to go out for a celebratory dinner at a local restaurant run by a group that I would say is akin to hippies—all-natural everything, quasi-new age, and generally very good food. I opted for the high-priced special and split an incredible fruit plate with Julie for dessert.
Oh, I also drank some “all-natural” apple cider.
We came home, fed the rabbits, and played a game before going to bed. With Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book Outliers capturing my attention, I stayed up perhaps a little later than I would have intended, but without a book to work on in the morning, during lunch breaks, and in the evening, I didn’t mind too much. All the same, my mind was spinning with ideas, and falling asleep didn’t seem like it was going to happen.
So I got up and wrote for an hour until I felt sleepy enough to give unconsciousness a go. A short while after laying down, something started to feel a bit strange in my gut.
Pain, intense pain of the kind I last experienced with raw apple cider vinegar had me doubled over for the next few hours. By 2 AM, it transferred to my stomach. Thus began a very, very long evening. I’ll spare the details. I didn’t fall asleep until 7:30 AM, and I needed to leave for work at 9:00 AM. Suffice it to say, I’ve been in an odd state all week.
This has ruined any hope of blogging this week, as I try to catch up on sleep in the mornings, crash really hard in the afternoons, and generally begin to zonk out around 7 PM. After a 2-hour hike yesterday I spent the entire evening on the couch, hardly moving save to turn the page of my book or to pet a rabbit.
After a weekend with some rest, I feel a bit more like myself and hope to get back into the morning blog routine that I love so much. I also owe my readers a newsletter very, very soon.
You can be sure that I will be avoiding all manner of apple cider products for the foreseeable future.
