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"Just got back from B&amp;#x27;s &amp;amp;quot;Change for Kids&amp;amp;quot; event at Room Service, this new &amp;amp;quot;hot spot&amp;amp;quot; (and I use that term loosely) in the Flatiron district.&amp;amp;nbsp; It was like this &amp;amp;quot;make a donation, make your mother proud, have a million free martinis and save the children&amp;amp;quot; thing.&amp;amp;nbsp; Great cause, girls in pearls, endless smalltalk, you know the drill. I mean, no disrespect to B. Or the guests. There was a lot of heart in there -- it&amp;#x27;s really beautiful that he&amp;#x27;s involved (and not just in raising money, but voluntarily reading to classrooms and taking them on mini-adventures). I was just overtly exhausted, and embarrassingly un-fun (Sorry, B. Sorry, Rach.). But when I want my bed, no dirty martini or designer auction can keep me around. I&amp;#x27;m a Cancer -- when I want to go home, watch out world. In my defense, it&amp;#x27;s been an extraordinarily rough week. The Virginia Tech tragedy is still so raw. Not sure if it&amp;#x27;s a natural part of grieving, but it&amp;#x27;s making me really anxious.&amp;amp;nbsp; I&amp;#x27;ve been on pins and needles for days now.&amp;amp;nbsp; I guess it could be attributed to lots of things.&amp;amp;nbsp; The break-up, Addie&amp;#x27;s death, creepy new commenters (who were deleted for serious, legal reasons). And even stupid loose ends like summer plans, that warrant in Tennessee, unpaid bills, sugar overdose, who knows with me. We have a family friend who owns The Prana Studio, and she said she&amp;#x27;ll give us some basic meditation and rejuvenation tips next week. Pretty sure everyone could use that. Right? Oh, about my leadership doubts yesterday..... It&amp;#x27;s like, lately I go to all these humanitarian events, but what does that do?&amp;amp;nbsp; I shave my legs, eat chicken skewers and collect business cards. Really progressive, Alyssa. I try to be a good person and spread love wherever I go, but it&amp;#x27;s simply not enough when the world is so profoundly f-ed up. Sorry this is all over the place. I&amp;#x27;m telling ya, this week has gotten the better part of me. Everyone I know is looking over their shoulder, taking life extra seriously, finding it hard to focus...and it&amp;#x27;s understandable.&amp;amp;nbsp; Are you on edge too? PS: Correction -- Billie Jean King was at The White House Project&amp;#x27;s EPIC Awards -- publicists don&amp;#x27;t care how off-balanced we are, they just want to be credited right! PPS: Next week will be happy and healing, I promise! Finally got my hands on Sam from Top Chef to answer our questions, and hand over his sangria recipe. Plus, private yoga tips from Danicia. And me on the prowl :)."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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