Last week was a rough week. Work was busy, I was trying not to have a migraine, which tends to mean that I’m tired and headachey because everything is off kilter. I was in week three of a cold, which means more coughing that usual, a bit of a sore chest and some sinus issues. I spent a lot of the week playing the ‘sinus pain or start of migraine’ game. Which was epic fun.
Also not a lot of fun, February. Still winter, not spring..
The weekend was unexpectedly full. I was out at a birthday party on Friday, out for dinner on Saturday night and booked for the cinema on Sunday afternoon. Which is a lot of people, if you’re me. Something had to give. For me that was Saturday morning volunteering at the allotments. I wanted to go but I also knew that I couldn’t do that and be ok come Sunday night. As it goes, I’m writing this at 7pm on Sunday and then going to bed because my head hurts and I’m tired.
I’m sad that I missed the volunteer day but I needed some alone time. People are draining. There in a misconception that I’m an extrovert because I really like people. While some introverts are anxious in social situations, I’m not but I find other people exhausting. So sometimes the right thing to do is not to do something…
Yay, another introvert:) My theory is introverts are naturally drawn to blogging as a way to manage interactions. My day job (voluntarily chosen and developed) involves a lot of presenting and facilitating; some evenings, I take myself off into another room to re-charge. Hope your head is feeling less blocked and achy.
I hadn’t thought of it like that but it’s a good theory! I read about a conference of austistic people where the badges that attendees wore let you know the level of interaction they were able to cope with and I wish that I could do that at work! My job has variable interaction depending on the day and on those days, I wonder how I ever lived with other people!