Caffeine is losing it's effect on me.

I'm sitting here sucking down my second giant mug of the stuff, and I'm not feeling any more awake than when I was hunched over, nearly passed out on my bicycle during the ride to work (Yes, believe me, it is possible to fall asleep while riding a bike).

Then again, my drowsiness is a product of a long night spent fatuously indulging in puzzle assembly that should have ended hours before it actually did. So here I am, tired, and instead of being able to blame my haggard appearance on something socially acceptable (and expected) like alcohol overindulgence, I have to tell people that, "No, really, I was putting together a puzzle at 3 a.m."

That stupid puzzle will probably be the end of me (and yet I'm not too upset about that).

It's a nice break from life, even though I don't really need that much of a break. Things are definitely going well. I'm surrounded by people who I love and who love me back, I'm going to graduate, I've found the perfect graduate school, I've settled on which university I'm going to study at when I head back to Japan, and on top of all this, Megumi is coming to visit me in December!

Megumi is amazing.

You'll love her.

She'll make you happy, just like she did for me when I was in Japan.