My mood plummets, I’m tired all the time. The world is dark and cold and looming.

And just like that, it’s autumn.

I’ve been busy all month with (in addition to school and practicum) The Halloween Show at the Theater, which is not an excuse for poor blogging, but it is a very compelling reason. it is a professional dance show, which means you can only watch it so many times. Without wanting to harm someone at least. The nice part is that we can either wear a T-shirt from the show, our usual usher outfit, or a costume. I have been wearing costumes and it has been going very well. I get to wear a Halloween costume at work and people think that I am enjoying my job more than I could possibly be doing. But isn’t that the service industry for you? You pay people to pretend like they enjoy taking care of your needs.

But just like compassion fatigue in the healthcare industry, there is definitely a hospitality fatigue in the service industry. It’s super hard sometimes to smile and be nice to people who I otherwise would just pass on the street. My bosses are awesome, and that helps a lot, but I am very much looking forward to a quiet November.

I’m not really going to talk about school very much, not because it is uneventful, but because I feel like anything anyone asks me these days is generally related to my studies and I am also sick of that.

Basically I’m grumpy right now.