I'm starting to appreciate the effects of a locale on my capability to gracefully endure an event.
I went to the monthly bi brunch from 11:45am to 1:15pm today. I came back home DEAD. I took a 30 minutes nap earlier. I could have napped for longer, but I dread the sleep inertia that I experience if sleep too long. I'm still feeling utterly dead.
So what did it? We were easily 30 people that probably contributed to it. The discussions were numerous and hard to follow. It was also in a locale that I'm not super fond of. I've petitioned our organizers for a different locale, but I don't know yet what's going to happen with this.
For comparison, the bi board games run from 1pm to 4pm, and we typically go have supper afterwards. I don't recall ever feeling this exhausted after that event.
Same with the French chat, which is about two hours long.