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)

Pocket emailing?

Never thought I'd ever pocket email someone, but it has happened.

I apparently sent an email to a friend of mind with 'R' as the subject.  And what did she send back?

Arrrrrrr! 

Hilarious. 

Darn you gravity!

For the Good of the Group

At the end of all of our staff meetings, we do a "For the Good of the Group" thing where everyone tells the group something positive that's going on in their life. 

At our last meeting two weeks ago mine was: I'm happy it rained.  Really.  That's all I could think of...pretty sad.

I'm already thinking about what I'll say tomorrow & I'm happy to report that not only do I have something better than rain to talk about, but I'll need to whittle it down. 

1. I'm a crocheter, not a knitter.  This weekend I decided I was going to become a knitter.  So I started on a dishcloth & can't seem to put it down.  I'm having so much fun--and I'm so impressed I was able to pick it up fairly easily.  I even contemplated getting up earlier in the morning so I'd have more time to knit before having to leave for work.  If only it were like that with my thesis...

2. Speaking of my thesis, I finished a very rough draft of my Results section.  I still have many edits to do, but the only section I have left is the Discussion.  Yes!

3.  My bro got engaged!  Woo!  So excited for a sister-in-law & niece!

4.  I started selling AVON.  It's been so much fun.  I had four sales for Campaign 16...which I thought was pretty good until I heard someone at the erepresentative meeting I went to last night talk about having 50 sales.  I don't care...I'm pretty proud of my four sales.  :o)

5. My friend finds out the sex of her baby on Friday...SUPER excited!  I live vicariously through others. 

Until next time...

Can't Get Enough!

Well, I'ma workin' on it!

A friend of mine blogged a while ago about how she divides chores between her & her husband and does them during the week so that she can have the weekends to herself.

Wonderful idea so I thought I'd try it out!  I even went so far as to create a "Home Organizer" binder with all kinds of sections and worksheets and stuff.  Bleh.  Useless if you don't keep up with it--kind of like budgeting.  It definitely did help to write down the chores & days & who is to do what. 

It really did help for a while...that is, until I fell off the wagon.  I need to post the duties somewhere where I can see them & be reminded of what I need to do. 

The only thing I'd say is a bummer with this system is that we never have the whole house clean at the same time.  One thing gets clean but then it's dirty by the next week while something else is still clean. 

I suppose it's better than having a whole house that's dirty!!