Whew, what a week. Worked late every night and last night was especially nuts. Worked until six, then really quickly threw together chicken and dumplings for a surprise birthday dinner party I'd agreed to do before work went to shit, hosted the dinner party until 10, then got back online and worked until almost midnight. 

I can objectively realize that is insane and that maybe I did that thing where I bit off way more than I needed to (maybe? huh? yeah? think so?) but it also felt... not like being depressed? So I'm glad I didn't cancel it when I realized everything was going to be nuts. I guess I'm complaining, but I like being the kind of woman who is handling a demanding job in software all day and can take an hour break to whip together a nice meal for some friends and then get back at it. Well, at least it's a lot better than falling asleep on the couch at 7pm to Game of Thrones with my dog - which is the actual kind of woman I've been lately.

I saw a tweet earlier talking about when people just up and go offline at the end of December. I'm not going offline, but it will be nice to have a little time off. I wish I could do something outside. I feel run down from work and I want a mental break. I want to work on my dumb story, build fires, go for long runs.