Monday: Long Weekend and I Rode the Trainer

I cannot even explain the peripheral madness of the formal family wedding.  It is amazing to me that on Saturday I arrived at an event at 3:30 in the afternoon and climbed into my bed at 1:30 AM.  How I am still standing??  I actually was not still standing by 11:30 AM.  I was curled up on a couch with my shoes off, taking off my lipstick, slathering on Dr. Pepper Chapstick, and wiggling my toes back to life.  

I fully enjoy being dressed to the nines for two full hours, at which point my resolve, posture, and dashing social skills fail me.  My small talk fails me, and I shut down.  I vaguely remember it being around 11:15 PM and shooting daggers with my eyes at someone telling me about his haunted house charity work.  

 In retrospect, however, how interesting is that??  How interesting is the idea that you would do haunted house charity work?  He had these fabulous stories about how after the haunted house closed, everybody would head out to the local bars dressed like zombies and corpses.  If my heels had not been four inches high, I would have asked what exactly that raised money for and who it could possibly benefit?  It is my own fault, and not the first time that my personal vanity has caused me enough physical discomfort that I was forced to end a conversation that was obscurely interesting.  

Anyway, at home I managed a quick few hours of sleep, before popping out of bed for a brunch ending with another late night after a fun dinner at Miel.   This morning, I have to say that I could barely drag myself from the bed, and I drank black coffee with an intense and all consuming focus that I can only compare to a drowning man's gasp for air.  The aftermath of the long weekend combined with the responsibilities of child care just has not been the easiest task of my life.

Anyway, after recovering from a rather nasty morning, I was able to hop on the trainer for half an hour in the afternoon, before heading off to dinner with friends.  Tomorrow, the I have no choice but to immerse myself fully in the real world.  

Bleh