I notice I have hugs and messages too...promise I'll return for those tonight, everyone.
Yesterday was a day I wanted back.
My sister runs the music program -- a very fledgling one, just a couple of years old -- at a technical high school. She was having a small concert of her chorus and a small concert band last night and wanted me to come.
This was pretty important to her, so I couldn't find it in me to say no. I wish I had. Not because of her, though. It was because I only had four hours of sleep the previous night (my eyes popped open at 1:30 am and that was the name of that tune). Generally I haven't slept well for the past two weeks...it seems I only succeed when I'm exhausted.
I gamely went to her concert anyway, even though I had to work six hours to help cover at work for a colleague who is out in Arizona on holiday (okay, so it's vacation to most of you). I tried taking a nap on the 40-minute drive down (and again back), but it wasn't anywhere near enough. During the 35-minute performance I could feel my eyes glaze over several times.
That was a shame, because for such a young program, it was actually a pretty decent show. I just wish I had the attention span to enjoy it more. When I got home I crashed immediately...good because I finally slept, bad because the only two times I've slept well in the last two weeks I've been exhausted.
I should throw this out there too -- I got A, A-, and B on my first semester courses. These are good results...but I'm still not happy with myself. I really don't want to talk about that in the open right now...if you must know, please ask me privately.
Yesterday was a day I wanted back.
My sister runs the music program -- a very fledgling one, just a couple of years old -- at a technical high school. She was having a small concert of her chorus and a small concert band last night and wanted me to come.
This was pretty important to her, so I couldn't find it in me to say no. I wish I had. Not because of her, though. It was because I only had four hours of sleep the previous night (my eyes popped open at 1:30 am and that was the name of that tune). Generally I haven't slept well for the past two weeks...it seems I only succeed when I'm exhausted.
I gamely went to her concert anyway, even though I had to work six hours to help cover at work for a colleague who is out in Arizona on holiday (okay, so it's vacation to most of you). I tried taking a nap on the 40-minute drive down (and again back), but it wasn't anywhere near enough. During the 35-minute performance I could feel my eyes glaze over several times.
That was a shame, because for such a young program, it was actually a pretty decent show. I just wish I had the attention span to enjoy it more. When I got home I crashed immediately...good because I finally slept, bad because the only two times I've slept well in the last two weeks I've been exhausted.
I should throw this out there too -- I got A, A-, and B on my first semester courses. These are good results...but I'm still not happy with myself. I really don't want to talk about that in the open right now...if you must know, please ask me privately.
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