friday-ness

wow, i'm glad this week is almost over. i love having in-class weeks, but they really exhaust me. you always have to be "on", and so in tune to the verbal and non-verbal cues of your trainees... all i've wanted to do is sleep when i get home every night. add to that all the other stuff i've been dealing with, and it's been brutal. it is worth it, though -- yesterday, the class i was covering (their regular trainer went out on maternity), a class full of tenured sales reps who were here to learn new material, gave me a huge compliment: they said the review i had done with them to help prep them for their exam that night was the best review they've ever participated in... that they really knew the information, it wasn't like they'd just studied to get through the exam. that was a nice little boost in my day.

i took care of myself last night and went to get a mani and pedi in the mall. (purple, if you must know.) i just needed to be away from my falling-down house and my laptop full of work for an hour or so. this weekend should be good as well, although i'm so booked solid it might backfire on me and exhaust me even more. we shall see. part of me wants to just hole up at home with a stack of movies and angus snuggling next to me for the whole weekend... but being with my different groups of friends ain't a bad thing either.

well, dammit.

i'm fighting with myself again. (no, not with the voices in my head. that's a whole other discussion.) my handyman cancelled for tonight, so i actually have time to shower and go out. but i have a ton of stuff to do around the house, to get ready for my housewarming BBQ next weekend. (like oh, i dunno, finish unpacking.) so, do i shower and head into the city, have a mojito with some of my trainees at cuba libre and then go salsa dancing? or do i stay home and, already sweaty from doing yard work, tackle more house stuff and go to bed without all this stuff hanging over my head?

hrm. salsa dancing... sense of accomplishment... salsa dancing... sense of accomplishment...

dammit.

in work news, my class did really well today in their certifications. i was actually moved by how well they did, to the point that i almost welled up a little. i know they're grown adults, but i can't help but be proud of them. each of them pulled me aside today after they certified with me, and thanked me for my help... one of them, who sold this particular product a while ago and was here as a refresher, said she learned more from me in 3 days than in the couple of years she'd already promoted the product. please, oh PLEASE let them send that feedback along when they're asked to evaluate the class!

wacky weekend ahead... tomorrow's a BBQ, visiting a friend at the airport (long story), and a show at milkboy. sunday is an unorthodox road trip during the day, then a tribute show for mike young in the evening. somewhere in there my dad is coming over to install a new doorbell (he is having SO much fun with my house), and i need to do a ton of housework and office work.

ETA: yes, i'm a responsible dork... i chose to stay local and get stuff done. and i really did -- i hit the supermarket and got all the non-refrigerated food i'll need for my BBQ (and you know, normally i hate those store discount cards, but the darn thing saved me $25 tonight!!!), bought some plastic trays and serving utensils, and found the perfect blue paint for my front door at home depot. and angus is happily stoned out of his mind from the catnip-infused scratcher i got him at target. so all is happy in the household tonight. *grin*

i'm sure i'll be totally jealous tomorrow morning though, when i read boutell's account of his night of latin booty-shakin'...