I had a 9 – 5  ‘job’ today. Actually it was 9:30 – 5, stuck in a meeting room all day, making decisions.

How do people do it?

I must remind myself to never complain about all the hassles that come my way and my work load.

Sitting in a boardroom, where you can see the blue sky and pidgeons fluttering around the window sills of high-rise office buildings, tantalizing and teasing you, because they are free and you are not, is a torture in its own right.

Oh yes, the subject matter was interesting at times, and the people were nice, but still, it sucks the energy right out of you.

I often do three presentations a day. And during the presentations, I spend most of the time standing, because I’m short and I want the audience to see me, and plus, my voice projects better when I’m standing. So at the end of three presentations I’ve been basically standing for three hours. When I was wearing a pedometer I registered over ten thousand steps just from those three presentations and yet still that is nothing compared to the mind-numbing exhaustion of sitting all day!

I have friends who are aspiring writers, and I’ve often told them to get up early, before they go to work, and get their writing in.

I think I should just shut up with my advice.

They must know what their bodies can stand. They must know that they’ll need every ounce of energy to face their day.

I got home at 6 pm, and just for this week, because my schedule will be so hectic, I decided I’d do the take-out thing and buy supper.

Now I know why so many families eat so unhealthily. If both parents are working full time, who does the housework?

Even when I do presentations five days a week, I’m usually home early enough to cook.

And usually when my days have been this long, I’ve been away from home, at a hotel, where someone else is doing the cooking.

Well, the one blessing is that at least it’s only for a week.

Next week I’m back to normal, the chaos of different schools, one presentation down in Kitchener, involving an hour and a half of driving, but still… that’ll be a picnic compared to what I’ve been through.