Needless to say, I have be missing in action. School is killing me. Work is killing me. Training for a marathon is killing me. There really is no time in the days anymore.
My boss left the country for three weeks, so I have been her replacement. Which is fine! I love my job, I love the people I work with, and I love what I do. But working 40+ hours and trying to go to Graduate school full-time is exhausting. People in general are exhausting. I have done everything my boss requested me to do while she was gone. I got chapters out for peer review, I did Science in the Park (pictures to come), I set up her furniture, I did everything and more.
Science in the Park was today. It was a huge success and I LOVED every minute of it. I loved talking to kids and families about fish, water, taking pictures, giving away awesome things. I loved it all. I even loved standing in the sun for 7 straight hours. And the heavy lifting and organizing were things that were needed and I loved doing it. We had an incredible team, and of course, one diva who was a pain in the ass and thought his shit was better than everyone's.
School is going fine. Except today when I decided to take a quiz even though I can hardly keep a single thought in my head. Outcome of that quiz? 2/10. WHOOPS! Oh well. Maybe she'll let me take it again. Maybe she wont. Oh, and I have to write a 12 page paper by tomorrow. And I don't even know what the topic has to be. Tomorrow should be fun. I am not going to freak out about it. I am fully capable of writing a page of that length in one night and get a great grade on it (by great, I mean an "A"). I did it last week. I'll do it again this week.
I bought a new bed about three weeks ago. Best decision ever. Most delicious bed ever. And even though I am utterly exhausted, I don't even get to enjoy it. Because, I pull myself too thin sometimes. I am house sitting as well! So let's add all that together and realize that Kyrie may not be sane for awhile. In all reality, I think a couple of nights of having 12+ hours of sleep will help. I was in bed by 7.30 last night and I woke up at 7 this morning. I think I need to pull a couple more nights like that and I'll be fine.
I did allow myself to get a manicure and pedicure today after Science in the Park was over. A treat for myself for being awesome and being able to handle the stress of this entire month better than I usually handle stress. And even though I am dead tired, I am hanging out with one of the people I adore the most tonight. A great wine and dine date night out with a boy who has been my friend for the past... 10 years! That doesn't seem like a long time, but for me it is. For me and this boy, excuse me, man, it is. Even after a failed 10 day relationship, we still love and adore each other. He will be going into the Peace Corps soon and I want to spend as much time as humanly possible with him.
So, I am off. Who knows when I will surface again. Maybe soon. Hopefully soon. After October 18th, I will be able to breathe a little more.
