Raincharm’s Weblog

To explain the previous post a bit more.

One of the things they tell you at the end of the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk is that you will experience a let down. A day or two later you will probably feel depressed.

I think I agree. This year I noticed it in myself, in hindsight of course. I blew up at everybody at once after arriving at the cabin. It was over a matter of garbage sorting, a subject dear to my heart. (No – really – it is.) At least I didn’t take the time to focus on one or two unlucky souls, I gave it to everyone. They could then bond over the figuring out what just flew at them.

After Seattle’s event I was just generally grumpy and sullen for a few days. I hope those around me get over it. I have.

I think the reason for the downward trend is the incredible level of support that is provided on the 3-Day. There is a real, common, important goal and a group focus. The petty items that pick at you day in and day out seem to disappear. Then it is back to reality. As they always say in the closing, “No one is going to cheer for you when you cross the street Monday morning.”

For me, the nice thing about being an eternal optimist is that it is hard to stay down for long.

This entry was posted on September 18, 2009 at 2:41 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.