1. I have a new hair cut. I changed my make-up.
2. I check their internet site. The beginning-of-school discount is still on the next few weeks.
3. After two hours it’s all over. Meeting finished, people gone. I get in my car. My low feelings dissolve, my discomfort eases up. I know there is so much more to come, a little different and with the same protagonists… I let the rest of it out while sweating on my bike. I am done with it (and with them) for today, so done. A good thing.