Of being exhausted and having to put up with tense people for days

I'm finally back at the office after having spent the past 5 days at Copthorne Hotel for my organisation's Conference and Congress that were held back-to-back! These meetings were THE meetings of the year. The idea came up in January-February and from then on, it was go-go-go. Despite having hired a conference coordinator all the way from the Philippines, whose sole job was to organise the conference and congress, nevertheless, everyone at the office got saddled with extra work!! I was put into the "meeting kit" and logistics team, in addition to being in charge of one of the nights' special events, The Night of Inspiration. That workload was an addition to the 4 workshops that was being organised by my programme over the course of the conference and congress.

The long Raya holidays were cut short as we had to come back to work on Tuesday (22nd) and from that Tuesday, it was non-stop work. We came to the office early and left late. When we shifted our office to the hotel, things seemed to speed up. For those of us commuting, it was especially tiring as the program, as usual, always overshot the time schedule.

Despite a few hiccups and with missing delegates from the Philippines due to the typhoon (which affected the whole program), the conference and congress went on smoothly. By the second last days, tensions were high. Everyone was tired.

The congress ended yesterday and next Monday was declared a holiday for us!! Yippie!! In addition, we could come in to work later today, instead of the usual 9am.

For now...all I need/want to do is sleep. But...with Deepavali coming in two weeks' time, I'll have to get started on the shopping!!