Another ‘meh’ pride
Last year I was able to go to the Chicago Dyke March, which was a ton of fun. However, it left me too exhausted to actually go to the Pride Parade the next day, meaning I missed it entirely.
Last night, I was volunteering at a benefit for the theatre company that I’ve been working with for 15+ years. I absolutely want to help the theatre, and am thrilled the event was (from what I could tell) a success, but I didn’t really want to be there. If you know what I mean. I’m glad I did it, but didn’t have fun.
This partially had to do with my friends. I was helping at the check-in and check-out table, meaning I was working basically from 4PM until after 11PM. My friends were spotters for the live auction, meaning they were only working for an hour or so here and then, and then just hanging out.
I ended up staying for the after party, held for all the volunteers, which was looking to be a lot of fun until I crashed around 1AM and ended up taking a cab home. Meanwhile, I heard the after party was still rocking until about 4AM.
So again, today, I was too exhausted for the pride parade. I think I’m going to try to go to the Andersonville Back Lot Bash later tonight, but I’m kind of disappointed in yet another ‘meh’ Pride.
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