Drained

Well, I just hit "send" on the e-mail with everything I had to do for the grant that I was lead on. We've been writing two Teaching American History grants due on Monday; I was lead on the one for G. and mom was on the one for P. Things were going okay until mom got sicker and sicker, so I've worked almost 20 hours in the last two days to pick up the slack. I completely overhauled mom's and got her final draft together while she was too sick to get out of bed. After I finished hers I did all of the pieces that remained of my own - which was a lot more than hers. She only agreed to write the main narrative and a couple other supporting documents for P. I'm much stupider than that, and as a result though I didn't put it all together the e-mail I just sent contained 12 documents, many of which I wrote from scratch or near scratch, and probably about 40 pages of writing. (after being edited for length extensively)

It feels a little silly that my first thought on feeling drained is to babble on my LJ, but there have been some interesting parts to this whole thing and I want to detox. Still, thinking over what I'd say, it's really not appropriate for me to do so, and talk about clients, in my LJ, so I guess I'll just have to babble to myself. :) I'll probably have to put out fires tomorrow, so I'm not exactly done, but it hardly matters anyway since now I have to catch up on the packing and moving.

I'm so glad I'm at least nominally finished. Maybe I can get some sleep tonight. I'm starting to feel sooooo tired. I'm not sure I'll get any writing done today, but if I do, I'll append it to this post.

Edit: Add "Beat Final Fantasy XII" to my list of accomplishments for the day - I only had the final dungeon left and haven't had time to play in two weeks, but I was determined to do it before I left, and now it's done. And only leading men can steal my heart - oh, be still! :)

( Edit 2: Hogwarts )

Last Call!

Tomorrow and on Sunday, I'm going to try to sneak in a little bit of shopping time while doing the other stuff I need to do - a couple of stops I need to make are on the way to places I HAVE to go, so it works out.

A few of you asked me for stuff, and I've had dismal luck finding most of it, but I'm willing to give it one last stab if I have the time so...

Last Call! Anime and manga stuff, random Japanese-y tourist stuff (fans, geta, manekineko's, paresols, etc.), food items that will keep (need to keep 1 - 2 days for Bloomington folks; a week and a half+ for NYers), or any thing else you might want me to bring back. Name it, and I'll at least make an attempt - if I can find the time. Try to be specific. :)

If you ask for something heavy, I won't get it, and I'll kill you. :)