Post-Party Depression

I made it. I had a house guest while not on vacation, had a party (weekend celebration) for my parents, and got my midterm exams and second quarter grades done. Thank god the stars won’t align that way for another 50 years.

The party really was so nice. We had more than 100 people come celebrate with us and everyone seemed to have fun—especially and including my parents, who danced all night. The room looked great, the music was good, the cake was gorgeous, the food was delicious. L and J gave great toasts, and then the grand kids went up later in the night. My favorite was C. “Grandma and Grandpa, I love you very much and I like going to your house.” Adorable. Four years old and not an ounce of stage fright. Anyway, we partied until midnight. The next day, we all got together at my parents’ for leftovers and to get all the out of town folks together again. Just like a wedding.

Having J around was a lot of fun, like she never left. She hasn’t been “home” to visit since her father’s memorial service (7 years ago) so she was certainly overdue. And while the list of people who wanted to see her was long, we didn’t break our backs trying to make it happen. D and L got together with us at our local fave Friday night (L and J were already in town) and then on Sunday I asked M to join us at my parents’. She brought her son and we all had a great time.

I enjoyed having Monday off from school. Despite hopes to go to Boston, we stayed home, just hanging out in the rain and it was perfect. Eventually we made it out of the house—at 4—and visited with family friends of J, and then went to my steak place for dinner. Yesterday she packed and got ready while I was in school for half a day. We had lunch at a seafood place nearby so she could have New England lobster before heading out, and then I dropped her off at the airport.

As you know, I had to get right to grading mania when I got home, and while it was weird to not have her around, I was so focused on correcting that I know I haven’t felt the full extent post-party depression that I am sure I will slip into tonight.

So the plan for today is gym, grocery store, and a little nesting. I need to get my space back in order and allow myself some down time.

Hope you are having a good day.

Love,
Barb

PS I loved reading about your appointment yesterday. So funny!