The sun is out this weekend. It has been a balmy 78 degrees. Too bad this week was one of those crazy previously-caffeinated, oft-frenetic weeks, where I'm holed up in a certain international institution's buildings for 10-13 hours a day. I'm simply exhausted.
I mean, there's often a lot of good in these weeks. One night, I caught up with R, who I initially met in Bangkok and who works all over the world on reproductive rights. Joining us was another R, who I met on this "human rights bus," years ago, as I was monitoring a trial in Cambodia. The night wore on, with stories of travels/election monitoring in Armenia, and recent work trips to Nepal, and exchange of gossip from post-Cambodia days.
So a wonderful thing about these hellish weeks is that I get to see friends and colleagues from all over the world. I'm reminded that there is a small, but strong, global community working on these issues. In between cursing as I run around this and that meeting, I am struck by the realization that I'm lucky to be doing this type of international work, strange a niche as it may be.
I mean, there's often a lot of good in these weeks. One night, I caught up with R, who I initially met in Bangkok and who works all over the world on reproductive rights. Joining us was another R, who I met on this "human rights bus," years ago, as I was monitoring a trial in Cambodia. The night wore on, with stories of travels/election monitoring in Armenia, and recent work trips to Nepal, and exchange of gossip from post-Cambodia days.
So a wonderful thing about these hellish weeks is that I get to see friends and colleagues from all over the world. I'm reminded that there is a small, but strong, global community working on these issues. In between cursing as I run around this and that meeting, I am struck by the realization that I'm lucky to be doing this type of international work, strange a niche as it may be.
But right now, I'm just at the point of physical exhaustion. I keep telling myself that I just need to get through a few more days of meetings, and then maybe, just maybe, I'll take several days off and find a reason to buy an Ace & Jig dress.
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