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Hello, internet. How are you today?
I am tired. And cranky. My work had a party yesterday to celebrate the contract and it was great! But then I stupidly decided to stay out late after, which meant I spent 1pm to 4:30pm drinking, 4:30-6pm sobering up in a Panera, 6:15-9pm watching The Amazing Spider-Man and then took a cab home, the epitome of exhaustion D:
And now I'm back at work. Yay D: And tomorrow I have to go to Worcester D: D: D:
But! The party was great! It was at Fenway and there was free food and an open bar and we were in some snazzy box and the whole thing was really cool. I didn't get blitzed like I did the day we actually heard about the contract, but I stayed pleasantly drunk for most of the afternoon, as did most people, from what I could see.
I've been sort of unrelentingly social this summer. I feel like, ever since the XMFC party in May, I've been hanging out with people every weekend and going out and doing things several times during the week. My online social life is flagging, especially since we've been busy at work. I don't even have time to email pearl_o five times a day anymore, it's down to once. (Which is to say, if we've been corresponding via email and I'm suddenly slower than usual...that's probably why.) The main issue with this is that I'm exhausted all the time, more so than usual, even though I'm enjoying seeing people and going out and doing things. I just looked at the calendar to try and schedule a "me" weekend, but the next free weekend I have won't be until the middle of August. Whoops.
It doesn't help that work has also been busy. This one project is ramping up for submission at the end of July and my boss is going crazy about it. I said to my parents the other day, "I worked three days 4th of July week, Doug worked two, Margaret was off all week, and I think Boss worked about six." But it means the past few weeks have been kind of crazy busy and I feel some days like I barely have time to breathe. For example, I started writing this post in the downtime I have between 8am when my train gets in and 8:30 when I punch in for the day and I worked non-stop from eight thirty until now, 11:20am. Which I know, for some jobs, is probably par for the course, but here it's unusual and I'm just tired.
Anyway, if anyone has been looking for me, that's where I've been. Working. Busy. Apparently having a social life. Too tired to interact when I get home in the evenings, etc.
(Relatedly, mental health has been all over the place. Who even knows.)
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I swear I had interesting things to say when I started typing this, but in the ensuing three hours, I forgot what they were. Uh, I need to call my parents tonight. And also go to bed at like, 9pm. Worcester D:
I am tired. And cranky. My work had a party yesterday to celebrate the contract and it was great! But then I stupidly decided to stay out late after, which meant I spent 1pm to 4:30pm drinking, 4:30-6pm sobering up in a Panera, 6:15-9pm watching The Amazing Spider-Man and then took a cab home, the epitome of exhaustion D:
And now I'm back at work. Yay D: And tomorrow I have to go to Worcester D: D: D:
But! The party was great! It was at Fenway and there was free food and an open bar and we were in some snazzy box and the whole thing was really cool. I didn't get blitzed like I did the day we actually heard about the contract, but I stayed pleasantly drunk for most of the afternoon, as did most people, from what I could see.
I've been sort of unrelentingly social this summer. I feel like, ever since the XMFC party in May, I've been hanging out with people every weekend and going out and doing things several times during the week. My online social life is flagging, especially since we've been busy at work. I don't even have time to email pearl_o five times a day anymore, it's down to once. (Which is to say, if we've been corresponding via email and I'm suddenly slower than usual...that's probably why.) The main issue with this is that I'm exhausted all the time, more so than usual, even though I'm enjoying seeing people and going out and doing things. I just looked at the calendar to try and schedule a "me" weekend, but the next free weekend I have won't be until the middle of August. Whoops.
It doesn't help that work has also been busy. This one project is ramping up for submission at the end of July and my boss is going crazy about it. I said to my parents the other day, "I worked three days 4th of July week, Doug worked two, Margaret was off all week, and I think Boss worked about six." But it means the past few weeks have been kind of crazy busy and I feel some days like I barely have time to breathe. For example, I started writing this post in the downtime I have between 8am when my train gets in and 8:30 when I punch in for the day and I worked non-stop from eight thirty until now, 11:20am. Which I know, for some jobs, is probably par for the course, but here it's unusual and I'm just tired.
Anyway, if anyone has been looking for me, that's where I've been. Working. Busy. Apparently having a social life. Too tired to interact when I get home in the evenings, etc.
(Relatedly, mental health has been all over the place. Who even knows.)
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I swear I had interesting things to say when I started typing this, but in the ensuing three hours, I forgot what they were. Uh, I need to call my parents tonight. And also go to bed at like, 9pm. Worcester D: