thank f*#$&!($ god it's friday

status check - worn out!
background ambiance - s.o., s.o.

i know this was an abbreviated week, with the holiday and all, but i'm exhausted. while a shorter week generally winds up feeling longer anyway, there was something about the past four days that have drained me of what little energy i had to begin with.

i regressed into my sleepless ways for much of it, a condition with which i place most of the blame. i would fall into restless half-sleep each night, sleep in too late in the morning, then go through a monotonous workday without much excitement (the dog days of summer indeed). then i'd return home and, upon trying to fall asleep at a decent hour, would spend most of the late-night hours staring at the walls or listening to a thunderstorm. finally fall asleep around 5 or 6 a.m. to start the cycle all over again.

i finally got a good night's sleep last night, but because my body was drained, still managed to rise a couple of hours after i'd intended. bleargh. i'm getting plenty of sleep tonight and then, riding the a coffee- and excitment-created wave of (hopeful) energy, will make my semi-regular excursion to boston.

(please note: while i love going to boston, i never entended to make it my every-other-week recreation destination. it's proved quite amusing as of late, particularly when co-workers regularly ask, "how was the weekend? did you go to boston?" but boston has proved to hold too many events i've been excited about lately - between concerts and my vacation, everything just happens to happen there. get higher ground back up here and i'll only go down there once a month. well, every three weeks.)

i have a surprise waiting for me in the city - all i know is that tom thinks i'll love it and i need to bring my camera. somehow, i think the skyline is involved. i also have a date with the garmet district (finally) as well as my first experience with free shakespeare on the common tomorrow night. "much ado about nothing" - a play?! a shakespearean play?!? a shakespearean play in boston?!?! for FREE? revelrevel, baby ... i've been wanting to go to see an on-the-common show for ages now.

and then sunday. enough said. it's going to rock.

but before that, i have the rest of my workday - all 52 minutes of it. just need to focus on the work and let the minutes tick by before i get to play.

well, sleep.

then play.

have a good weekend, meine damen und herren ...