Aftermath or Afterglow…

Hello Friends…Well, the Gala is over!   I said, THE GALA IS OVER!!!   This means the pressure filled couple of months are over too!   It was a great night with so many generous people in attendance.   I was especially happy to have my parents, Betty Boop & Chuck, Joey & Steve, Lori, Lyn, Cindy & Bob, and Stan & Jay and my sweet Katie & Anthony filling a table…so full that I couldn’t even sit with them!!

I had great co-chairs, a committee who backed me up, and the best co-workers any girl could ask for.  I’m grateful for all of those who rallied around me to make the evening a success.   Everyone had a great time and looked fabulous…the Roaring 20s were alive for one night!! 

The aftermath of an event like the Gala is similar to the aftermath of a divorce.   There are so many things to clean-up, follow-up, and manage.  Although the aftermath of a divorce is much more heartbreaking, and longer lived.    It has truly set the tone for my week.
 

On Sunday, the day after the Gala, after arriving home from the hotel and the farewells to my family and friends…I could not move.   I mean I literally, could not move.   I was on overload, every muscle on my body hurt, and I just cried.   Was this the “afterglow” of a successful event?

That’s how it was for me on June 20, the day after my divorce was final…I felt like I was getting the flu, I was achy, I just kept walking around my apartment, and I cried.  But I remember, I survived!   I was able to get down to the business of organizing my finances, changing records to reflect my name and new status, and sending out information to those who needed it. 

I had the love and support of so many and I survived!   Just like Sunday, after the Gala, I survived!   I went to work on Monday and faced the piles of “stuff” that needed my attention and had the support of my co-workers asking how I was and telling me it was a great night.  

My job has become a big part of filling voids for me and for that, I am grateful.   I have also learned that although we have to be true to ourselves, we really need our friends and family to get us through life, and in that area, I am blessed.

The next couple of weeks will be super busy with the follow up of the Gala, but I won’t be alone and it will be great to mark things off my list.  Then, life will return to some sense of normalcy.  (HA!  Whatever that means!!) 

I have also learned that I am one person and I cannot do everything at the snap of a finger.   I want to do things right and if it takes a little longer, so be it.   I'm not going to beat myself up or put more pressure on myself than I already do.   I'm taking care of me.

In the meantime, thanks for all of the love, support, compliments, donations, and everything else that all of you have given me during the last few months (and beyond!!)

Next Sunday…I’ll be back on the blog track!!   oxoxoxox