People who need people, even in limited doses
Sometimes it's tempting to just hide out here in my apartment, and I often do, but then at the end of the day I realize that I'm a person who needs people. It's one of the reasons that I adore going to church and church function. No way I'll leave there without human interaction and hugs as a nice side benefit to whatever the occasion is.
Oh my God, hugs! Touch is so vital, and you learn so much about a person through their touch. That's just one of the beautiful things about Jim, the guy I met at GenCon. Good handshakes, better hugs, and handholding feels wonderful.
But, I digress...
I didn't get my weekly dose of Unity hugs today. I went to jarlina's 15th wedding anniversary open house and stayed for Doctor Who. And for some reason such a gathering of miscellanious people who may or may not know each other all having 5 or 6 simultaneous conversations is far more overstimulating than GenCon with it's thousands of people there. I was glad for the opportunity to decompress over Doctor Who with jarlina and her family after everyone left. I kind of figured I wouldn't be up to church this morning, so I didn't arrange a ride. I was right: I ended up not being able to get up until about 11:30 AM.
They have a new Services Coordinator here. She's, so far, setting up things like an exercise hour (On Thurs. mornings, I'll be going to that regardless) and a coffee clatch thing of some sort. I think that's on Monday morning.
I think I'll make myself get out and go to that. It'll give me a reason to get out and be around people for an hour. And, I seem to be liked here. One neighbor the other day shared with me that I make her smile. So, I guess I should get out of the apartment for an hour and help my neighbors smile, and get another dose of being around people myself.
Oh my God, hugs! Touch is so vital, and you learn so much about a person through their touch. That's just one of the beautiful things about Jim, the guy I met at GenCon. Good handshakes, better hugs, and handholding feels wonderful.
But, I digress...
I didn't get my weekly dose of Unity hugs today. I went to jarlina's 15th wedding anniversary open house and stayed for Doctor Who. And for some reason such a gathering of miscellanious people who may or may not know each other all having 5 or 6 simultaneous conversations is far more overstimulating than GenCon with it's thousands of people there. I was glad for the opportunity to decompress over Doctor Who with jarlina and her family after everyone left. I kind of figured I wouldn't be up to church this morning, so I didn't arrange a ride. I was right: I ended up not being able to get up until about 11:30 AM.
They have a new Services Coordinator here. She's, so far, setting up things like an exercise hour (On Thurs. mornings, I'll be going to that regardless) and a coffee clatch thing of some sort. I think that's on Monday morning.
I think I'll make myself get out and go to that. It'll give me a reason to get out and be around people for an hour. And, I seem to be liked here. One neighbor the other day shared with me that I make her smile. So, I guess I should get out of the apartment for an hour and help my neighbors smile, and get another dose of being around people myself.