This week was physically and emotionally draining for me. Monday night I was up late for the Human League concert, which also involved a lot of standing around waiting followed by being surrounded by a lot of people in a loud, hot room for hours. On Tuesday, my boss
Wednesday,
Thursday we had a morning committee meeting, followed by a three-hour NERT training with less than an hour's break in-between. These marathon Thursday meetings will continue for awhile (the committee meeting only every other week at least). This week's NERT class was on first aid so we got to practice some triage skills on each other, which was slightly fun (I partnered with Mike - another reason I like sitting between him and Thom for these classes). Before, after, and in-between, I was downloading video footage and creating previews of another new student event that followed ours.
That evening, Thom, his partner Jeff, Mike, and I went to karaoke at The Mint. Thom didn't want to sing this time, but I did my old standby Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, and later When the Levee Breaks, which I'm considering for my classic rock class. The lyrics on the screen were the worst transcription job I've ever seen; the words looked like they were run through babelfish a couple of times. Fortunately I knew most of them already. I only got to see Mike sing once as I left earlier than usual.
I left early because I had found out that
I needed snuggles as a lot of little triggers had come up this week that threatened to send me back into full-blown depression; fortunately, I avoided that fate. I wish there were a way to get more hugs or other affection on a regular basis without feeling like I was asking too much of people. I guess I'm just a cuddleslut...
Today I didn't have any meetings or pressing deadlines, but I'm exhausted - napped at lunch and again not long after getting home. I did walk to work again every day this week however - go me - and home every day except last night (as I was in the Mission past 11 p.m.). So that's over 20 miles so far for the week, and I'll get in another 3 1/2 or so tomorrow walking to my voice lesson and back, and possibly more on Sunday if I don't veg out around the house all day. Tonight though, vegging is what I plan to do.