Pooped Out After a Business Trip
Aug. 15th, 2025 06:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerChicago Trip Log #n+1
Back Home for 18 hours
I'm worn out today. I got home from a business trip late last night and I've just been kind of coasting all day. I would've slept in if I could, but I had to start my workday with an 8am meeting. Fortunately today was meeting-light— light being a relative thing meaning only slightly less than half the day tied up in meetings 😨— so I could take it easy.
Mid-afternoon I went out to the pool with Hawk. She'd already been there for at least 45 minutes. I did slow walking laps in the pool for a bit, hoping the exercise would wake me up. It didn't. Though it did help a small bit with stretching sore/tired muscles. Then I sat for a soak in the hot tub. I could've vegged the rest of the afternoon on a lounge chair after that, but I did need to get back to my desk to finish up a few late-day responsibilities. Taking 90 minutes for a pool break wasn't a problem as I'm already at over 55 hours marked for the week.
Now it's Friday evening and... I'm glad I don't have any plans. Hawk and I discussed going out for dinner but then decided to stay in as we both felt we didn't have the energy to dine out. Then I decided to get a take-in pizza as I lost the energy even to cook dinner. For tonight I'll probably just fritter on my computer for a while then get to bed early. Getting older sucks.
Back Home for 18 hours
I'm worn out today. I got home from a business trip late last night and I've just been kind of coasting all day. I would've slept in if I could, but I had to start my workday with an 8am meeting. Fortunately today was meeting-light— light being a relative thing meaning only slightly less than half the day tied up in meetings 😨— so I could take it easy.
Mid-afternoon I went out to the pool with Hawk. She'd already been there for at least 45 minutes. I did slow walking laps in the pool for a bit, hoping the exercise would wake me up. It didn't. Though it did help a small bit with stretching sore/tired muscles. Then I sat for a soak in the hot tub. I could've vegged the rest of the afternoon on a lounge chair after that, but I did need to get back to my desk to finish up a few late-day responsibilities. Taking 90 minutes for a pool break wasn't a problem as I'm already at over 55 hours marked for the week.
Now it's Friday evening and... I'm glad I don't have any plans. Hawk and I discussed going out for dinner but then decided to stay in as we both felt we didn't have the energy to dine out. Then I decided to get a take-in pizza as I lost the energy even to cook dinner. For tonight I'll probably just fritter on my computer for a while then get to bed early. Getting older sucks.
