Waking Up

Some days I wake up and I will have a particular word in my head. It will repeat over and over and over until I acknowledge it. Today's word was "Sherpa".


Sherpa

Pronunciation:
\ˈsher-pə, ˈshər-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
of Tibetan origin; akin to Tibetan (Central dialects) shārba, shārpo easterner, Sherpa
Date:
1847

: a member of a Tibetan people living on the high southern slopes of the Himalayas in eastern Nepal and known for providing support for foreign trekkers and mountain climbers


Some other days and this has been happening more and more lately, I will wake up and will have been dreaming about solving a complex problem. This problem will be the same each night until I figure it out. Sometimes I will wake up and only have solved 3/4 of the problem and be bummed out. Yesterday I think I solved the problem and was so excited! On waking up I forgot what the problem even was!

Sometimes It is some abstract programming task and at other times it will be a more practical problem.

I always wake up mentally tired after problem solving dreams.


Movember
I am doing stupid Movember with people at work. This is my progress so far:



I feel so dirty, so unclean.

Posted by Nathan Kowald @ 8:00 AM