Refreshment

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It's been a day of fasting, amongst other things, ahead of tomorrow's feast day. Wondered whether I might feel a bit wiped out by this time, given that I've not exactly been practising self-denial of any kind lately. Actually feel quite sharp, with no sign of a headache, though I've been yawning a fair amount in the last half hour or so. Must say that when the Missus suggested we fast (it being entirely voluntary rather than the prescribed fasting of Ramadhan) I didn't have a lot of enthusiasm for stretching myself at the end of a busy term when I'm still busy. But I'm very glad I did. Feel refreshed, somehow, as if I'm getting the world in some kind of proportion.