Conferences: 2, Exercise: 1

My whole healthy lifestyle thing is smashed all to hell this week. Conferences will do that all by themselves, I have the added extra of my night to day transition.

The night to day transition isn't especially hard, but it leaves me jet-lagged as my circadian rhythm plays catch up with my new sleep patterns. It's a big motivation killer, and I need all the motivation I can get!

Then there's the conference; it not only tends to eat up most of the available time but it means lots of restaurant food. I don't want to complain too much about the time thing. It means it's a good conference. Trying to fit in a bit of exercise is tough, though.

It's not all bleak.

There's a lot of walking, both at the conference and getting to and from the conference. Because of the night to day transition I don't have an established day schedule so it's been much easier getting up at 6am than it would have been, otherwise.

One of the conference organizers has been pointing out the good places to eat. I might be eating more calories than I should but it tastes good and hasn't been totally unhealthy. A nice change from some conferences where all I could find is fast food.

In an fit of pure serendipity, Tuesday night when I got home I pretty much went straight to bed and the next morning I couldn't sleep past 5am. Amazingly, I fast talked myself into a run. It was a tough sell. The bed was warm and outside wasn't. I'm still a bit surprise I actually did it.

And there's another really big side bonus, it's finally stopped raining!!!!

With OS CMS Summit finished yesterday, it's on to Northern Voice Moose Camp today. More filling my head with ideas; my tummy with americanos and panini's; and my face with sunshine!