Sheer Exhaustion

This weekend was the first weekend in a month of so where I had been able to simply relax and not worry about stuff.

First there was the celebration of my 29th year on this planet. Few of us from work went to Buca Di Beppo for dinner and then a session at a karoke bar. This was after the lunch we had at Citrus Bistro on campus. Quirky gifts I received included: the latest 60GB video ipod (a la Eric), a Magic Bullet blender system, a mug, bath teabags, cat toys, a pair each of bamboo shrimp, dwarf gourami, gold gourami and blue gourami.

But it was mostly the fact that I had a bit of a lull in my interview/job app schedule to take a break. I have an interview this thursday, so its by no means time to relax; however after the last one I felt that I needed a break.

So I spent the rest of the weekend knitting, making dumplings, cleaning, grocery shopping, watching movies and running. Alright cleaning and laundry are not relaxing activities, but at least they don't require me to use my greatly depleted brain power. Yes I did get a practice session in yesterday, and will do another on later today. But there isn't much time left, and while the break was good, it is not the time to let up.

Eric's dog is donning my little knitted sweater. Looked a little small for him, but is mostly fine though.

My crazy week

The last week or two have been rather nutty for me.
Most of the attention has been focused on attending recruiting events, sending out resumes, cover letters and schmoozing with people at those events. Good thing is, the events are pretty much over and done with except for a career fair this week. An indication that I had been busy with job apps--I haven't really watched movies and my knitting projects are really at a standstill, not to mention the running. But the good news is that I am at least hearing back from people I've applied to. Had a job interview last friday and another one this wednesday. It's just such a stressful process, with all the multiple rounds and case discussions. I'm just being silly again, as I don't even have a job offer, but the fact that I will most likely not be able to sing if I get a job weighs heavily on my mind. It's probably because this has been a week of intense choir rehearsals culminating in our Mahler 2nd concert tonight at Royce Hall. But singing has been such an integral part of my happiness for so long that not being able to do it even for a couple of years doesn't thrill me.

I've never been much of a party girl, but yestday we went out to celebrate Cheryl's big 3-0 birthday. Went to Cinespace, where we watch "Crash" over dinner and birthday cake. Seen the movie before, and the food was decent but pricey. The restaurant/club was okay but I probably won't do it again. There are much more comfortable ways to have dinner over a movie, like pizza for e.g. Then we went to Ivar around the corner where we stayed till 1:30am before heading over to a karaoke bar and did not make it home till 4:30am. Then I sleep till noon when I hopped over to UCLA for our Mahler 2nd dress rehearsal. I'm way too old for stuff like that.