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I'm going to be turning 40 later this year and I figured that by this time in my life, I'd know myself by now. I would know, for instance, why I have plenty of energy during the week but absolutely zero on the weekend. I'd love to say that I have a physically demanding job and I "leave it all on the field" but that just ain't so.

Every morning after I've gotten settled at my desk, I'd walk down the hall, talk to L-girl for a minute or two, and then buy myself a Coke. It gives me energy to make it through the morning. At lunch, another Coke and I'd get through my day and make it to sleep that night just fine.

I don't really keep soda in my fridge at home. Saturday morning comes and I try and shake off the previous night. Come mid-afternoon, and I'm ready for a nap -- and I mean hard. I'm not a nap-taker so I really don't like the thought of laying down on a Saturday afternoon when I could be doing something with my free time. I did it a couple times and hated it. I couldn't figure out why I was drifting off on Sunday night around 7:00pm -- 7:00?!? I didn't DO anything the whole day except watch friggin' football... why am I so tired?

This past weekend I ran an experiment: I purchased a couple of 20oz bottles of Coke and kept them in my fridge. The results were as I expected -- I had a really good weekend and got a LOT done around the house. I had the energy to do everything I set my mind to. It was amazing.

I don't know why I'm so surprised by this fact. Like I said, the results were expected I just figured I'd know this about myself by now. It seems I'm constantly learning new things about myself that I never knew. This is just one example. Unfortunately I don't have another.

More unfortunate is that this is one of those nights when I can't get to sleep. My body is tired but my mind is going ten-times-fast (nod to Superman).

I also saw another good episode of "How I Met Your Mother". Tonight's episode followed the one that I explained before but not the one in which I wrote out the entire script. It was all about Ted's adventure in finding a girl he met at a wedding but they didn't share last names. It was neat how it all worked out.

I must sleep now, or at least try.

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