All Work + No Play = Wrong

I have become boring to myself. Despite getting loads of writing done, I realized that I am, in fact, on vacation. So I took today off. Had coffee in town. Wandered around. Ran on the beach for 30 minutes without shoes (a la the Tarahumara runners) and wearing just a jog bra and bikini bottoms. (Hey, it's the beach. It's Thailand.)

Then my feet hurt (big surprise), so I stopped for an hour-long foot massage, which is really foot and leg massage with oil and some Ben-Gay like smelly shit. Had t...