tough day @ work

Had a tough day in sch today. Had to be mediate a complex case, try to appease parents & students, and get ppl to give each other chances. Soothing frayed nerves is never easy, and today, had to use one of the widest range of tools I've ever done b4 - mediate, reason, counsel, persuade, straight-talk, cajole, enforce... soft, hard approach all in. What an afternoon. I was more zapped than if I had to face 40 rowdy monkeys. But I pulled through, and earned the sincere respect of some - as their smses that followed told me. Well, as long as we've tried our best and the conscience is clear, i guess, it's good enough. Can't control everything anyways... right? *good luck...*

The timing could probably have been much better, but late evening, one of my study trip mates suggested coffee & catch up. Tired and heavy-hearted from the earlier session, I was really quite ready to give it a miss. In the end, he drove by and we met up. And I'm glad it's quite a comfortable session, nothing too strenous.. Not sure whether it helped that I mentioned right from start that it hadn't been a great day, and I wasn't in a truly "entertaining" mood. But it turned out ok.

All I want to do now is to hide in my room, wriggle under my blankets, and try to get the heavy stuff out of my head.