Exhaustion

I don't know how people do it sometimes...
there are people who do 8 performanes a week for YEARS. I can't imagine.
I'm utterly exhausted right now after only two weeks of a three week run. This was the first weekend we did 4 shows in one weekend. Yesterday was by far the most difficult day to get through. Robert was right when he said it would test your endurance. I'm so thankful that I have this right now and that I've been able to do this show because it has done wonderful things for me in more ways than I can explain. However I'm exhausted and it's Monday...when most people just dread Monday because it's the start of a week and meaning the end of a restful weekend--I'm having a hard time finding the light at the end of the tunnel because Monday evening is my only real night off and I am finding myself exhausted....and worrying that I wont find the energy to continue through the rest of the weeks performances. I very much wanted to call in today to the office and take a mental health day-i probably should have because as the day continues I'm finding that not one cup of coffee is really waking me up and more so I'm dreading the cold weather outside for my lunch break. No matter how much sleep I'm getting I'm still feeling a bit out of it-spacy, and well just plain exhausted. No matter what happens once the show starts I'm reminded of why I love performing because even for a brief period of time we're all able to forgtet what's happening in our lives-how tired we are-or how under the weather we feel. Regardless of all of that I'm most looking forward to arriving back in Ohio...sleeping in....and having that day of being in my flannel pjs....curled up on the couch under a quilt with a cup of tea or hot chocolate...and watching tv and just vedging and not moving once. I think I've earned this day-who knows maybe I'll have two or three. So the plan is to head back to my apartment today after work and immediately get the domestic affairs of my life taken care of (laundry, groceries, organizing) and then take a massively long shower, dinner, and be in bed before 9:30 if possible because the rest of the week is work and show...and then Friday the office closes at 1:30--I'll head back to my apartment...get my stuff together for going home on Saturday...take a long nap and then do a show...and then Saturday sleep in...do two shows and say goodbye to everyone since that will be our closing and then head back to Ohio. I'll be in Ohio until the 29th ish....I'll be in Zanesville from the 23rd until the 28th and then in BG the 28-29th to get my things and then I will be uhauling my things back to NYC and then hopefully off to Massachusettes for the New Year with my boys.
Is it Friday yet?
Justin