On the first day of training at Echostar in 1999, our trainer made us go around the room and say one word that described ourselves. When it was my turn, I punched my invisible pompoms in the air and exclaimed that I was EFFERVESCENT. Sadly, I probably super meant it too because I was 19, overconfident and ready to steal the show.

Now, at age 46, sitting on the couch in sweats with a cat collapsed across my chest, I’d say…what’s the opposite of effervescent?

Flat.

(Also, the amount of times I call back to that Echostar blog post is kind of concerning considering I was only there for less than a month.)