I was totally just in a funk most of yesterday morning and afternoon. I really couldn't figure out why but then it dawned on me. Post training come down. I had just spent the last week on the road, in front of an audience all day, being the center of attention. That was the majority of my week last week. For 50 hours I was the star of the room, talking all day, smiling, and being in the light. Then Saturday I had a show which kept me in the light or at least in the center of action. Then here comes Monday. All alone at my little desk in the house. No one to talk to, no one talking to me. Let down vibes. Makes sense. It's one extreme to another basically. So I was a little bit depressed. The good thing is I used my skills from my depression class to figure out what was bugging me, examine it, and try to fix it. I mostly did by middle of the afternoon. I do feel bad for my sister though. She pinged me with some good news right when I was in the middle of the funk and I didn't show the exuberance she deserved. Therefore, Sis? YAY!! I am really happy for you guys. After all you have been through this is great news and I am glad things are going on course.
I worked all day yesterday on some stuff that was sitting on the back burner for a week for one client. They are pushing hard because I was gone for a week and I ended up working 10 plus hours for them on the issues. They knew I was going to be gone, but that still didn't stop them from wanting everything yesterday. Fine. Whatever. I fixed two of the issues yesterday and saved the big two for today. These are going to take me at least two days to fix. Upside is they know I am heads down which means no phone calls or emails until I reach out to them.
Around 5 I made the kid get dressed and finally put on clothes myself and went out to the mall. I just needed to get out of the house. The kid and I went and walked around the mall for a little while then had ramen downtown. Nothing fancy but we were both in the mood for noodles. And if you have never had real ramen, there's a huge difference between what americans think is ramen and the stuff they serve in Japan. We are lucky enough to live in an area where they have real asian food thank goodness. I had ground beef and the kid had BBQ pork. We had a nice time talking and catching up since we really haven't seen each other in a week.
Picked up some desserts at the grocery store on the way back, watched an X-Files while eating dessert, played on the internet for a while and then was in bed by 10. One of my cast mates called at like 11 but I ignored it. There was no voicemail or email so I saw no reason to follow up. My rule is if it isn't an emergency, then don't be calling me after 10pm during the week.
I did make some plans for Sunday too. I am having a picnic with a friend of mine. She is going through a real rough spot and needs some TLC. I told her I would take her on a picnic Sunday. She thought that was the best idea ever. Yeah, I know, I am awesome that way. So for the rest of this week - meeting new tattoo artist Wednesday, dinner with friends Thursday, show Saturday, and a picnic on Sunday. Not too shabby. I am trying to look at things like this to stop me from getting in a funk of "I have no life". When I look ahead it gives me something to motivate me through days like today where I really won't be doing anything exciting except working.
Which it's time to start doing...
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