Matters of the Heart

***Apologies to Tracy Chapman***

I had to go back and edit the last post that I wrote. It seemed to have a lot of typos and half-finished thoughts. Blame it on the long hours. I had traded my Tuesday night off with a Thursday off. I went to work Tuesday night, starting an hour earlier than usual. I switched scheds so I could attend this company-sponsored lecture on hypertension scheduled at 5 am the next day.

I did attend, and I learned a lot. Although our office population was in the 25-35 age bracket, a sizeable number of that population were actually pre-hypertensive or already hypertensive. I was an identified employee. I was overweight and had previously complained of dizziness and high blood pressure while on duty. Blame in on the sedentary lifestyle. I work eight-hour shifts sitting down. I only get up when I need to go to the men's room or the cafeteria. The last two sentences just said it all. So I decided to go. The lecture wasn't as boring as I had anticipated. There was a short spiel delivered by the company doc. It was the basic "our stats vis-a-vis the national average" presentation. That got my attention. After that, we watched a video from the Philippine Heart Association. Watching that made me glad I quit smoking. Well, almost. I need to renew my commitment not to smoke -- forever!

Anyway, after the lecture I blogged. After having used the better part of of my workday exercising my brain, my typing and concentration went out the window. It's a good thing I have my prefs set to email me any updates I make on the blog. That way I could read an entry the next day when I open my email.

Oh, and if you're wondering about the title, you should visit my wishlist to find out why I used it. You might want to make this heart of mine glad to have known you ;-)