A bit much

It's been an emotional day. When the effects finally wear off, I know I'll simply be exhausted. I started the day off by inadvertently picking a fight with a former condoïte. (When I asked on the owners' list if anyone had made sure that her buyers were properly informed of tonight's meeting, she sent a bossy passive-aggressive response to the whole list, to which I responded, "What are you still doing here?") Then I went to Donut Day, where I ran into several people who'd been present at the meeting the day before where I felt I'd made a pain-in-the-ass of myself. Surprisingly, that turned out well--one of the members of the committee I expressed my frustration with not only thanked me but praised both the content and tone of my apologetic follow-up e-mail.

Knowing I'd find it hard to focus on work with the possible final game of the Cards vs Dodgers showdown this afternoon, I checked out early and came home to watch it. (St Louis ultimately lost, but not until after halving a four-run deficit in the top of the 9th. What did I say about how low-drama this series has been?) Meanwhile, on e-mail, I had a rare moment of honesty with someone I've barely spoken to in years. Then it was right to the condo meeting where I ended up getting into an argument with another owner who thinks that the fact that a unit in the building has finally sold means that we don't have to enforce our rental cap after all, and thus wanted to reopen an issue which we hashed out at length and finally settled over a year ago.

Mere moments later, my father called and wanted to hash out plans for my older brother's upcoming visit. So Saturday to Tuesday is now Friday to Wednesday? Um, okay, I can deal with that. Afterwards I tried calling Mom, who I promised to ring having forgotten this is her knit night. So as long as I was so keyed up anyway, I decided to call my sister and touch base.

So yeah, rather a lot for one day. I suspect by comparison tomorrow is going to feel like a day on the beach.