Introvert?

I've never thought of myself as an introvert before because I equate introverts with being recluses.

I'm beginning to think more and more that perhaps I am one--an introvert, not a recluse.  I don't shy away from people, but I know I'd be perfectly content having my weekends to myself for the rest of my life.

There are 4 weddings coming up...only 1 of which I feel comfortable going to.

We've had student staff training all this week & I find myself shutting down and looking for the nearest exit when everyone is together.

But there are other get-togethers I'm perfectly fine with.  I wonder if there's a secret mixture of # of people to # of people I know well.

I think I've always been this way but just didn't know it for sure until recently.  I think my sister said they didn't expect me to last in the dorms at college.  I did, I just didn't romp around in big groups.

Not really sure what the point of this story is.  Just that I'm exhausted from staff training, I have to help with freshman move-in tomorrow (which puts me in more big groups of people), & I can't wait for training to end (which just means the beginning of more craziness when everyone is back in classes & signing up for memberships and/or Group eXercise classes).

This isn't an uplifting post.  Don't read it--just skip to the next one.  OH!  Too late!  :o)