Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness

I delivered training at work today. I do it once a month or so and usually I enjoy it -- it's on a topic related to my work in general but not to my usual dayjob in particular, so it's a little break from whatever I've been thinking about lately -- but today was such a slog.

I'm not sure why. It's delivered in pairs, and my co-facilitator today is someone I've done this with before and like well enough. The group was a decent size and reasonably interactive, if maybe a bit quiet after lunch. I nearly nodded off over the lunch break though, so maybe I am just projecting. We were slower than usual (and I can't figure out why) so had to rush the ending. Nothing of value was lost but I found it jarring and tiring to have to juggle things

I couldn't even attend a volunteer meeting this evening because the mere thought of sitting at my computer again and opening another video call was seriously unbearable. Luckily it was fine that I missed it, but that's so weird for me it's sure a sign of how I'm doing!

I've got nine meetings scheduled for tomorrow, only eight of which I can go to because one clashes with another, so it'll be a long day tethered to my computer again. What a waste of the glorious weather we've been having.

Also luckily, mother_bones and I had leftover Miami Crispy and D didn't mind sorting himself out so nobody had to make dinner. D had had an exhausting afternoon too and MB is having a pain flare.

We're all kind of Going Through Stuff lately. Luckily Gary was better today -- he'd joined us on the struggle bus yesterday by having one of his bad-tummy days. But they usually only last a day and, sure enough, he's more or less back to his old self today.