Been down and out for about 3 weeks, the flu-thing went from being a sinus-thing to a throat-infection-thing. I’m rocking some antibiotics I found in a cupboard and they seem to be doing the trick.

This is Day 1 of the new routine. Wake up about 10am, watch BBC news over a bagel and coffee, half an hour of cardio, a shower and then onto work with a honey chai tea. 5 minute breaks every half hour. Work day over by about 8pm.

I can’t recommend it more to anyone who has a free-range job like I have. It is definitely much harder when you have to actually be somewhere at a certain time. I do find it difficult to keep to these sorts of things when I am ill, busy or traveling. I’m trying to develop a portable one that involves jogs round the block or a trip to a hotel gym, if I’m feeling particularly upmarket.

My travel schedule for 2010 is taking shape, with me abandoning conventions in March in favor of what I have nick-named a Death Tour in April.

WonderCon San Francisco: April 2-4
MoCCA Festival New York: April 10 & 11
Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo: April 16-18
Stumptown Portland: April 24-25
Toronto Comic Arts Festival: May 8th & 9th

That is one con a weekend for four weeks, followed by a weekend off, then onto Canada. What on earth am I thinking?