#600 Friday Night

Since evening, my thoughts have fluctuated between I should be out somewhere doing something, not in my room staring at the four walls and With that kinda rain, thank goodness I didn't go out.When you're sick, the ambivalence towards venturing anywhere is multiplied. You might regret passing up an opportunity, yet your self-preservation instinct is telling you to enter hibernation mode. There is sooo much more of Beijing that I haven't explored. Gotta recuperate asap but the allure of short-term satisfaction tugs at me. Oh, self control. Fortunately (in this case), my (general lack of) self-control is nicely balanced with inertia. There has to be some way to store enthusiasm-energy and call upon it when needed, not have it jump around in your bones after an ice-cream and before a nap.