More introvert challenges

So I'm trying to figure out what time it is....  I am traveling for work this week and my body/brain are very confused with that is going on.  I had to wake up VERY early my time (3 am) in order to get up, get ready and head to the airport.  I had booked a taxi online which I thought was a good idea but it ended up being a HUGE mistake.  When I made the booking, it didn't give me the opportunity to say where I needed to be dropped off and when the taxi arrived and saw my luggage, the taxi driver said that he wasn't an airport taxi and that he could get me close to the airport but couldn't drop me off at the terminal.  He also said that he had been trying to call me and when I asked what number he called (since I didn't get a call), he got offended that I even asked the question.  He ended up dropping me off down the street from the terminal (and this is at 4 am) and seemed to be annoyed that I didn't really tip.  Normally I am a very good tipper but I didn't appreciate how he was speaking to me, nor did I appreciate having to walk down the dark street with my suitcase because he refused to drop me off at the airport.

Anyway, the rest of my travel day was pretty uneventful and I made it to the conference location (I even successfully rode the transit system in order to get from the airport to the hotel which I am pretty impressed about).  I met up with a friend of mine and we went out to dinner with one of her family member's who lives here.  I didn't necessarily want to go to the dinner (I just wanted to relax after my travel day) but she convinced me to go.  Her uncle is a very nice gentleman, he paid for dinner and paid for our ride back from his place to the hotel (so I really can't complain).

After my day of travel, the noise of it all and one of my ears is plugged from traveling, I just need time to have thing stop moving and to be quiet.  There is going to be a lot of hustle and bustle over the next few days at the conference (Monday - Thursday AM and then Thursday PM is travel back) and I know that I am going to end up completely on empty.  My friend has made plans with family/friends almost every night we are here and she has told me that I'm basically going with.  I know it will be good for me to support her in these endeavors but it does make me nervous.  While I have been definitely looking forward to this conference and time with my friend (who I haven't seen in a year) but I'm still trying to wrap my head around spending all of this time "performing."

I know that I can be perceived as a contradiction since I am very much so an introvert who selectively does things that makes it seem as if I am an extrovert (i.e. belly dancing).  When I'm dancing, I truly do enjoy it and I am able to radiate the way dancing makes me feel however it takes everything out of me to do so and I am left exhausted when it's all said and done.  What I am starting to realize is I'm just going to have to learn to embrace this about myself since most people don't understand feeling this way - that I enjoy allowing my muchness to show and my freak flag to fly but I do these things for myself not necessarily for others.

Well, my dear readers, there is more that I could write about tonight but I do need to bring this to a close in order to get some sleep and get my head wrapped around this time change in order to attend the start of the conference in the morning.  I hope you are able to let your freak flags fly and to show your muchness!  =)