Spent the majority of the day drinking water versus soda. Seems to be helping out with the tooth pain. I just want to take a pair of pliers and start pulling teeth until the pain goes away.

5:00 PM never comes soon enough, and then when it does I wish it was bedtime.

I think part of my anger and anxiety that I experience every day comes from the one hour commute I have to the office. That's just one way, too. I've been doing this for seven years come November. There's the morning drive which was quite dangerous for a while. Before I got my CPAP I would fall asleep at the wheel. I nearly caused half a dozen or so accidents before I had my sleep study. Anytime I'm behind the wheel for a good amount of time (40 minutes and up) I tend to get sleepy. I try things to distract me and put attention back on the road. Sometimes eating helps, but I've certainly not missed a meal in a long time. That can only work so long. Thinking of eating reminds me of the taste of this one "Italian" sub that a gas station near me has. It is really, really good. I could eat ten of them at a time.

Because my teeth have been hurting, I haven't been eating as much as I want to. Last night for dinner I had soft cheese and crackers. I tried eating "real" food yesterday for lunch - splurged on Dairy Queen and got a flamethrower burger and a vanilla malt (extra malt) to wash it down. The cold malt made my tooth pain go away for a while and the burger filled me up. I could still go for another burger like that again. I try to keep some healthy snacks at my desk but they either do not appeal to me at the time or I find they aren't satisfying my hunger and I want to eat more. Right now I would probably splurge on some soda and chips or cookies and milk from the vending machine here at the office in my last 40 minutes of the day.

Replace the food with electronics and you know how costly this sort of behavior can become over time. Man, a 20-pack of sliders from White Castle sounds wonderful right now. When I did this sort of spending with cell phones I killed my budget and jacked up the relationship with my wife.