Near exhaustion 躲起來充電

I had planned on joining Mom and Dad at Uncle Cody's after work last night and going back to Danshui, then visiting both hospitalized Grandpas the next day, but my body said "NO."

昨天原本打算下班和爸爸媽媽
一起到Uncle Cody家吃飯，
然後一起回淡水，
隔天去看兩位住醫院的阿公。
不過我的身體很堅決的說"NO."

All day Sunday, I felt like my feet were three feet off the ground and my mind in another country. I didn't even know I was speaking English to Roy. Somehow we made it through and cranked out two stories and one voiceover in Taiwanese. Before the 19h30 official off time, I decided to pick up and leave. My boss knew if she didn't let me go, she risked me passing out in the office. I slowly rode my bicycle home, still in pain from the fall last week. The bruising is much better now, but I think I may have injured some other soft tissue underneath.

星期天一整天，
感覺好像整個人飄在半空中，
頭腦不知道跑到哪一國去了，
沒想到還一直跟政諺講英文。
不過我們兩還是發了兩條新聞出來，
過了一條台語。
晚上還沒到七點半下班時間，
我已經受不了了，決定先走。
我老闆也知道她不讓我走的話，
她可能會有個記者昏倒在辦公室。
慢慢騎腳踏車回家，
上禮拜率倒的腳還痛得很。
雖然瘀青好多了，
但是好像有傷到別的soft tissue。

I guess after the non-stop drama leading up to the elections and then all the preparation work for interviews that ended up cancelled and then the press conference, my body and mind were at its limit. I was once again reminded of how much a tired body can upset a mind. If you tell me fatigue causes depression, I'll believe you.

或許一個多星期的選戰，
接著一堆後來沒用的受訪準備，
然後又是嚇死人的記者會主持，
我的身體和精神都到了界限；
又一次感到疲憊的身體
可以如何讓心情多糟。
如果你跟我說過勞會造成憂鬱症，
我會相信你。

Today, I stayed at home all day in my pajamas. No TV, no news. I cleaned out about 100 press releases, replied to about 20 emails and did some thinking. But enough thinking for now. I'm not any happier after all that thinking, so let's look at some pictures.

今天整天待在家裡，穿著睡衣，
沒看電視，沒看新聞。
處理了差不多一百封新聞稿，
回了大約二十封email，
也思考了一些事情。
不過想了那麼多也沒有更開心，
所以...我們來看照片吧。