I had a very long, hot, sticky, tiring day today. It started with an hour and a half traffic jam on 270, followed by time spent fighting with the SmartCard machine at the Metro station, trying to convince it to let me add money to it using cash instead of my credit card. Nothing makes you feel more like a rube than not being able to get simple technology to work properly. I stood there all dressed up for the trade show in my little suit, sweating and scanning my card and pushing buttons fruitlessly. Eventually the machine won…or at least, I gave up and used my credit card.
I like going to the trade shows my company participates in. It is fun to talk to our customers, and to interact with co-workers I don’t usually see or talk to on a regular basis. But, oh, is it tiring. You stand, and stand, and stand some more. And this booth has the bonus of being set up in an area with a glass roof, so it was like working in a greenhouse. By four pm, I was worn out, overheated, and my feet really hurt, so I climbed back on the Metro and went back to work. Sitting down, taking my shoes off and cranking the little AC unit in my office has never felt better.
So, I was tired, cranky, and sore footed. But then I went to yoga. I considered skipping it because I was just beat, I think from the heat more than anything, but I didn’t. And I had a great class! I’m still tired, and my feet are still a little on the sore side, but I had forgotten just how energizing and renewing yoga can be. Tonight’s class was hard, but in a good, pushing myself kind of way. It completely defeated the cranky too. Thank goodness for yoga!
P.S. SmarTrip! SmarTrip! Why the hell did I call it a SmartCard? Told you I was tired.
You rock!!!