that bloated feeling

Today was the last day of summer.

It is moving-in day here at the University, the school is jambed, the stores are mobbed, traveling is a nightmare. The 500 more enrollees this Fall breaks last year's record of 1000 enrollees over the previous year. The University is bulging at the seams.

Stuffed into that context was the most exhausting two weeks I've had in a very long time. Besides the many regular employees we've had at the bus barn for the summer, more student drivers returned last week to get trained in their CDL, while Full Timers returned this week for preparatory training as well. I had to find things for 30 drivers to do when classes hadn't even begun yet. Hours of overtime accrued for me.

Finally, with temperatures soaring to near-record levels (for here, anyway lol), a fellow bus driver and I had to tear down what we call our Extreme Skillz course out in the Dome parking lot. That included hauling heavy wood pallets, concrete poles and 100-pound stones (that we used to hold the pallets upright against wind). Lucky I had help from this kid, because it made a 4-hour job into about 1 1/2 hours. Heavy work against near-90-degree temps.

By the time I got home I was exhausted and thirsty. I tanked up so much that now I feel bloated and spent.

It will get better though when I have had a chance to relax for awhile. But this was sure an exhausting and long two weeks, and I'm not unhappy the summer is over.