I worked over the weekend.

It was fun, it was $$$$ (before tax anyway) but boy was it exhausting. On top of that, my bursitis-or-whatever-it-is was acting up and I was limping for the whole four days (we started on Thursday). I’ve been doing it for the last couple of years and while I can grudgingly admit that while it’s gotten better to a point that you find a process that makes it easier, I still resist it. I still believe that when my own (big) part is done- I conceptualise and design it- I shouldn't be expected to be physically there; to set it up, man it, and the pack the whole thing up! (with two other people).

But you know, I have to- and as it has been one of the recurring themes of my work-life, no one does it better, nor is there anyone that comes even close.

And while that is an operational risk (we always joke that if one of us gets hit by a bus…), I don’t really spend the next couple of days thinking about finding an alternate (there is no one in the small pool of employees).

Instead, I spend the whole week after, literally recovering as if I had gone on a year-long Arctic adventure on foot and dressed in light clothing. If my mind exaggerated the whole thing, my body certainly felt and manifested it. Or I could be so massively unfit

But your routine gets totally upended for four whole days; daily buffet breakfasts of crisp bacon and crunchy hash browns, then total hunger from 8 to 5 except for water and plenty of lattes (it’s so busy, there is literally no time or sense of time for lunch), then pub dinners with alcohol (which I skip).

When I got back, it was a return to single-meal days, and even then, it was basic, simple fare; chicken adobo and rice, tuna fritters, kale and chicken salad, and today, beetroot bagels with tomatoes and salmon pate.

Within five days, I dropped the kilogram I put on the other week.

But I didn’t have the energy to do my usual weights or yoga. When there’s a bodily part of you that’s not 100% functioning, you feel less inclined to push yourself- what’s the harm in taking it easy for a couple of days?