Runnning on 2.5 hours sleep

And I should have gone to bed hours ago...

Why so little sleep? Well! Late night Intrigue Chocolate truffle tasting (delicious), strawberry smashing, and massive bug killing turned into an even later, OH MY GOSH I NEED TO PACK ALL THIS CRAP, moment.
Then a, why did I take so much Excedrin, moment while I stare into the darkness.

Blink. . . Blink. . .

5 AM wake time
6 AM departure
630 AM Scurry to Ferry
7 AM Race to Train
750 AM Bus and walk
805 AM Dazed work arrival...

Guess who's dead to the world? Oh, this guy.

So I'm sitting there minding my own business on break and reading/sleeping, I'm in and out of conversation and sleep. I hear one of my coworkers say something about a baby picture and run out of the room. I wake up to:

"Amanda, do you want to see me as a baby?"
"Sure," groggy and annoyed. "Yes, cute." And out again. I still had 5 precious sleep minutes left.

1. Why would you wake me up to show me your baby picture?
2. Why in the WORLD do you have a picture of YOU AS A child, WITH you?

These questions peppered my brain as I went back to work. Surly of course, because that's just the way it is.

And why is it that I just want hugs when I'm tired? Not from everyone mind.. Not strangers or stupid people. I just like them is all.

Several notes from this weekend.

Tweet: Cracks-me-up. We had a ridiculous bonding moment when we were trying to kill these huge mosquito things. They were gross and terrible. I had the duster and she had this fly swatter thing that actually electrocuted them. It was alarming but efficient. I was luring them around to go to "the short one," and it went down hill from there. It was a solid good time.

B: We finally had something to bond over. Doctor Who. Thank goodness for that, because it's been awesome. We geek out and quote it and reference different parts. I was even the cool aunt that found him episodes he hasn't seen before. Win for me. (putting points on my invisible scoreboard.)
I think being taller than me at 13 pleases him as well.

Quan: Don't know what happened there either, but I took him around work when I was looking for a catalog for my sister. He met some coworkers and was fascinated by the maze that the warehouse is. After that we were at the park and he requested "his best friend Amanda," and I went running. I love this kid. We've had a good time.

Sassa: I was driving down towards Langley, playing whatever tunes and she was so fun to watch because of the passion and emphasis she put into singing these songs. She was in that moment, holding that resentment for the fictional boy and that broken heart or jamming to Popular Girl by Survivor with her mom.

And thankfully, because I knew that time was limited and who knows really when I will get to head to Arizona, I hugged them nonstop, and they put up with my nonsense. I was devastated to say goodbye. It hurts my heart to think of our conversations that I have to go back to work. I don't know if I can come for Thanksgiving and I won't be down for Christmas. Whatever else, of the 18 days they were here, I saw them for 10 of them.

Till next time.

I'm going to bed.