I have a lot to update y’all on—This is a week late, I know. You’ll see why soon enough.
First off, my California trip was great and really really fast. I think the flight down was the highlight for me—got to watch the sun come up over the clouds while listening to Springsteen’s “The Rising.” Loved it. My time in San Diego was fun too—but it was as cold down there as it was in Seattle! Strange. The drive up with my two r’mates went well, but man, it was fast. We stopped for a day and a night in San Francisco, and I got to see some fun sights (pic of the corner of Haight and Ashbury on your <---, for example) . Then it was back on the road all the way to Seattle. It was like a vacation on speed.
Since I’ve been back in Seattle these last two weeks have been rough. I was frustrated last Tuesday because I realized that there was no point for me to be in work that day, and I could have taken another day for my trip and it wouldn’t have mattered. I was stressed out all week because I had sooooo much work to do. I wrote up a grant that was due that that Friday along with a student, and a whole lotta help from some staff people. I also did some planning for a retreat that I had coming up.
Then this past week was definitely HELL WEEK. I hope it’s the nadir of my time at City Year. It was so stressful. A fellow coworker and I were in charge of the Human Rights retreat this past weekend. We had fallen behind in planning due in large part to my work on that grant, and my coworkers work planning another service event. Lucky for us the rest of our team really stepped up and helped us out (I am so baking them a cake tonight). Despite all that, however, I prolly averaged around 2-4 hours of sleep per night every day last week.
Our team was also in charge of leading a Leadership Development Day for the entire Corps on Friday. The theme was LGBTQ issues. I was pretty stressed out until that day started. Our LDD went well, and the retreat was immediately afterward. The retreat too as a huge success overall, which as a big relief.
Oh, and, to make up for my lack of sleep, I slept 12 hours on Sunday and 14 hours today. Feels good to recharge.
Today I’m working on employment stuff and catching up on life. Need to make some phone calls to remind people that I’m still living. Need to write some letters that I shoulda written a long time ago. Need to not let work eat my life again. OH, and I really need to do laundry. Yikes.
Currently listening to:
http://vodpod.com/watch/358001-me-and-julio-down-by-the-schoolyard
(this music video is so worth watching, btw).
