People exhaustion and Lombardo reviewed

So this introvert has had kind of a hellish end-of-the-week:

--Thursday morning son graduation and awards ceremony, 2 hours of sitting in a crowd having my energy drained;

--Thursday night till late ( 1 AM) waiting with friend for tow truck to come take his car to the shop so I can then take friend home;

--Friday morning daughter graduation and awards, 2 more hours of sitting in a crowd having my energy drained;

Photo: let sleeping Greek dogs lie at the monastery of Osios Loukas

--Friday night son's baseball team plays a doubleheader, 4 hours of 13 rambunctious young adolescents on the bench while Dad attempts to keep the scorebook and act as a bench coach (how did I get roped into this?).

--Also, note to self for future post: baseball is like a Victorian novel, maybe like Dickens or Thackeray/seemingly endless, impossibly intricate, boring unless you get into it

--Tomorrow, own school graduation, two hours of siting in a crowd having my energy drained.

--And, of course, at work I am finalizing my grades and writing comments, which is, in a way, like having all my students there looking over my shoulder.

You might think, "How is that a hellish week? You got to applaud your children's accomplishments (and tomorrow your students') and catch up with a friend."

I know-- I feel vaguely guilty for being exhausted and depleted. But right now a hermitage in the desert sounds pretty good. I can't explain it; it's just an "I" thing, I guess.

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It's a fascinating view into one of the oldest-- and weirdest-- academic fields in the history of the human race.

Comments

[M Light]

I understand the guilt over the exhaustion. We've had a great last month - two fun trips, a good visit with my sister and her family, daughter's dance rehearsal week/recital - and I'd love a week totally to myself. It doesn't mean I don't love everyone; I'm just fried.

I hope you get a chance to rest and recoup.

[Genie]

Hi David,

Hope you'll get some good rest and alone time. I'm just home from the bi-annual studio stroll. I had a great time talking to people, but... too many people. I need to not see faces for awhile...

I get it.

[DF]

Thanks, both of you, for the encouragement. It's nice to know I'm not the only introvert out there.