knackered!
i've gone from stupid horny this afternoon to dead-ass tired tonight. No doubt pigging out on delivery chinese has contributed to this condition. Today was a bit more stressful than the average Monday, because of logistical complications. Some EMC offices have fullly-stocked classrooms, with student PCs all set up and ready to go. Others have training rooms but no equipment. In the latter case, the good folks up in MA will ship out a "Distance Learning Kit" with a dozen laptops and all the accessories necessary to make those computers work. For whatever reason, the DLK didn't arrive today. I have seven students for today and tomorrow. Fortunately, the DLK for the class next door arrived by lunchtime, and I was able to borrow a few computers from that setup. Between that and laptops owned by students personally, we made it all work. Still, it's stressful, because these folks pay a lot of money for me to entertain them, and it's not good when things aren't smooth.
The main reason, however, that I'm so beat is that I expended a good bit of energy last night. A friend hasn't been feeling well, and that person out a request for prayers. I'm not big on prayer in the classic sense, but when I have a friend in need, I'll meditate and do my best to send positive energy their way. I've been fairly successful with this--don't know how much it will help in this particular case, but I did my best. I'll try again after I "re-charge" a bit in a day or so...
OK, off to go read a bit. Like wyvernfriend and her Judith Tarr novel, I'm struggling with a Jim Butcher novel at the moment, Furies of Calderon. After absorbing six of Butcher's "Harry Dresden" novels in about eight weeks, I thought I'd try his fantasy stuff, and I'm finding it a bit of a struggle. One more night and 50 or so pages more, and if I can't get into it, off to B&N go I...
The main reason, however, that I'm so beat is that I expended a good bit of energy last night. A friend hasn't been feeling well, and that person out a request for prayers. I'm not big on prayer in the classic sense, but when I have a friend in need, I'll meditate and do my best to send positive energy their way. I've been fairly successful with this--don't know how much it will help in this particular case, but I did my best. I'll try again after I "re-charge" a bit in a day or so...
OK, off to go read a bit. Like wyvernfriend and her Judith Tarr novel, I'm struggling with a Jim Butcher novel at the moment, Furies of Calderon. After absorbing six of Butcher's "Harry Dresden" novels in about eight weeks, I thought I'd try his fantasy stuff, and I'm finding it a bit of a struggle. One more night and 50 or so pages more, and if I can't get into it, off to B&N go I...