Sleepless in Denver

Monday, September 22, 2008 -- 7:55 PM I have not been sleeping well lately, and am beginning to feel the effects of sleep deprivation.  My mood has taken a downward turn, and I seriously doubt if many people would like to be around me.   Although there may be many reasons why I am having difficulty sleeping, I suspect that it has more to do with an upcoming family counseling session, as well as with difficulties I am having with some new voice activated software I am using named Dragon NaturallySpeaking, version 9.5.   This version of the software makes far more mistakes than the old version did.  In addition to that, it fails to recognize certain commands that are given. I have been pulling my hair out trying to solve this problem, and I did not have that much hair to begin with.  Tonight I finally ran the audio setup again.  It seems to have helped with the problem.   Tonight I am going to put off discussing my upcoming family conference.  The mere thought of going to it seems to be stressing me out.  I will write more about this later in the week.   Tomorrow morning I am going to see my physical therapist.  I only got to see her for one day last week, and that did not include a pool session.  Since my back has been hurting me very badly throughout the weekend, I believe that she will use some traction on me tomorrow.  I am scheduled to have a pool session on Thursday.  I am hopeful that she will stick to the schedule.   Quotes for Determination:   “The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” -- Roger Bannister