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wispfoxI'm going to try to not let my mind wander onto the topics I've decided need their own posts much in this post. It will try, though - there is an awful lot of interconnectedness!
Sunday morning/afternoon was spent with a sweet, bonucy, fun to be around friend of mine who comes to visit fairly regularly for cuddling goodness, and her sweetie who I really did not know very well despite having met him multiple times. I think I heard him talk more frequently during the time spent with them Sunday than all the other times I'd seen him combined. Was nice to actually have a sense of him. And the two of them are the most adorably cute couple - I spend much of the time with an utterly silly grin on my face from watching them together. (Why, yes, I *do* like seeing people being happy) *squeee*
I have also determined that the Garment District is truly evil. And that I must go back again when I have time to spare, and the intent to purchase clothing of wonderful fabrics. Mmm.... soft, velvety goodness. And this time I will purposefully look for velvets *not* in black - it seems to be more difficult to find, and I'm really *not* black obsessed. :)
Next, I proceeded to head out to the energy work group, for the second meeting of it. And, about this, I will babble in more detail in a separate post, because I'm not convinced I can summarize.
Something I did notice as I was leaving (again, having problems of 'but, nifty people! Conversation! Don't *want* to go home!') - I'm still not running into needing time alone very much. I mean, I still do sometimes, usually because I need time to process on things or because I need sleep (sometimes because I've not had a chance to read anything in a while) - but I'm still being about as busy as I tend to be in the summertime.
The main difference seems to be that I am far less likely to want to spend large amounts of time in large groups of people, especially if there is likely to be lots of unrelated activity(ies) going on. It appears that, at least to the extent of the additional alone-time that I used to need this time of year, alone time can be translated into time with small groups of people (or individuals) that I am comfortable with, and be fine. Actually, better than fine - I'm significantly happier now with the small group socialness than with spending lots of time on my own. Make that, I'm full of gleeful joy!
I'm still very intentionally making sure to have at least one evening a week to myself, and periodically more than that, but I seem to be holding steady. Of course, having just had an extra long weekend may have something to do with that. We shall see. I shall be keeping a very close watch on my social comfort level as the season continues...
Sunday morning/afternoon was spent with a sweet, bonucy, fun to be around friend of mine who comes to visit fairly regularly for cuddling goodness, and her sweetie who I really did not know very well despite having met him multiple times. I think I heard him talk more frequently during the time spent with them Sunday than all the other times I'd seen him combined. Was nice to actually have a sense of him. And the two of them are the most adorably cute couple - I spend much of the time with an utterly silly grin on my face from watching them together. (Why, yes, I *do* like seeing people being happy) *squeee*
I have also determined that the Garment District is truly evil. And that I must go back again when I have time to spare, and the intent to purchase clothing of wonderful fabrics. Mmm.... soft, velvety goodness. And this time I will purposefully look for velvets *not* in black - it seems to be more difficult to find, and I'm really *not* black obsessed. :)
Next, I proceeded to head out to the energy work group, for the second meeting of it. And, about this, I will babble in more detail in a separate post, because I'm not convinced I can summarize.
Something I did notice as I was leaving (again, having problems of 'but, nifty people! Conversation! Don't *want* to go home!') - I'm still not running into needing time alone very much. I mean, I still do sometimes, usually because I need time to process on things or because I need sleep (sometimes because I've not had a chance to read anything in a while) - but I'm still being about as busy as I tend to be in the summertime.
The main difference seems to be that I am far less likely to want to spend large amounts of time in large groups of people, especially if there is likely to be lots of unrelated activity(ies) going on. It appears that, at least to the extent of the additional alone-time that I used to need this time of year, alone time can be translated into time with small groups of people (or individuals) that I am comfortable with, and be fine. Actually, better than fine - I'm significantly happier now with the small group socialness than with spending lots of time on my own. Make that, I'm full of gleeful joy!
I'm still very intentionally making sure to have at least one evening a week to myself, and periodically more than that, but I seem to be holding steady. Of course, having just had an extra long weekend may have something to do with that. We shall see. I shall be keeping a very close watch on my social comfort level as the season continues...
