Draining

We had a trial that lasted two days, for Monday and Tuesday. I am still drained. We spent a lot of time in chambers and then negotiating a settlement. Yet another family law case, and the judge was pissed at the parties at the end of day 1's litigation, basically calling them a couple of children. He was so disgusted by their inability to put the child as their first priority instead of themselves and what they wanted. That was a nice wakeup call, which spurred some serious good-faith negotiation. But even then... well, one is a punk assed bitch and the other one is a whiny, pouty little kid... it was frustrating as all hell to deal with them. They are not bad people, but it sucks when you have to remind them that we have to be fair! I crashed yesterday evening and slept for close to 12 hours. I still feel drained. A coworker of mine said that I'm going to burn out. After yesterday, I seriously think that he's right. I don't want to. But I could burn out pretty easily this way, with too much of this kind of stuff. Let's work on not doing that...