w00t

Exhausted, really, but I have graded and recorded all of the exams. Well, I might recurve the alg 2 exam grades, so those aren't recorded, but they are graded and totalled, etc.

On the other hand, I did fail to make a chemistry exam to administer tomorrow. Oops.

In spite of that, I'm going to go pass out. One more night of sleep dep, and then I'll be pretty much done done done. Weee!

More evidence that Soda is Satan

Not all sugars are equal when it comes to weight gain

Researchers report that drinking beverages containing fructose, a naturally-occurring sugar commonly used to sweeten soft drinks and other beverages, induces a pattern of hormonal responses that may favor the development of obesity. It is estimated that consumption of fructose has increased by 20-30% over the past three decades, a rate of increase similar to that of obesity, which has risen dramatically over the same time span. Data from the present study suggest a mechanism by which fructose consumption could be one factor contributing to the increased incidence of obesity.

I've always thought soda was evil. I mean, it has caffeine, which has its own issues, and it has no nutritional content yet is high in calories. And the diet sodas have nasty chemicals in them... most have aspartame, which suppresses your body's ability to process food as anything but fat for a good length of time afterwards, according to a friend of mine, and suppresses the seratonin cycle promoting depression, according to a variety of research papers. Not to mention the cancer... Those with splenda may be better, but more and more studies are coming out with negative information about those too.

My originaly instincts are right. If I have the necessary willpower, I sould swear off soda, because it really is that bad.

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Barely awake.

Good response from the lover... that is, he's on the same page as me from what I can tell about affections, but doubts he has time to see me more often than "occasionally."

Which I'm ok with. I was more troubled by the possibility that we might both be on the same page AND have time, and not be doing anything about it, than him having to say no because of lack of time.

I stayed up until nearly 3 a.m. last night jotting down stuff for questions for the chem test. Now I'm going to do a quick and dirty type up of it and head into work. Last day of real work. w00t.

Hope I wake up more soon...