Oh my goodness! Why is being social so exhausting? I think it’s partially because I’m out of practice and partially because winter brings out my inner curmudgeon.
On Saturday Aaron and I did brunch with Kat. It was fun and delicious! Then on Sunday we did family photos with Aaron’s family. Too many people. His family is very nice and silly but I just fail in large groups of people. Plus everyone was asking me how I was, which was very kind and thoughtful, but I don’t want to talk about my history of having cancer all the time, you know? I talk about it a lot more here on PB than I do in my daily life. I just want to get on with life and not think about it. I don’t want “chick who had cancer” to be my identity. I feel like I’m sounding like an ass here, especially since I know their questions were coming from a caring, concerned place.
But anyway, we did photos, with Aaron’s brother acting as photographer. And it took an hour and a half. I was so ready to go home. But then Aaron’s mom, Alex, and his wife, Rachael, wanted to do dinner, so we went to a local Indian place and had yummy food but definitely too much social interaction for one day!
Then, since Alex and Rachael were only in town for a few days, we did brunch with them and Eric yesterday. I dunno, I guess I find Alex and Rachael both really hard to talk to in that “I really have nothing at all to say to you but feel like I should” way. Ah, well. It is what it is.
They’re planning to move back to the Twin Cities (in my neighborhood!) within the year as Alex is planning on getting his Master’s degree in something technical theater related. I don’t mind that or really the possibility of hanging out with them more. But then they mentioned doing a group camping trip this summer and that we could all be in a big tent and..no. That is too much uninterrupted socialization with them. I could do it with some people, but not them. It made me thankful I’ll be doing my rotations and won’t have enough free time to be able to do something like that. Oh darn…
All this socialization made me really miss hanging out with my friends. I miss Genevieve a lot and our paths haven’t crossed lately what with me being neurotic and her working a 2nd job for the holiday season. I haven’t seen any of my vet school friends since…well, I don’t even remember and I miss them too but they’ve been so busy studying for boards and doing their rotations. I miss being in school with them too. I need to try to be more social with people I want to be social with. It always sounds like a bad idea beforehand, but I do have fun once I’m out and about!
On a completely different note, I think I’m going to do Christmas cards this year. I’ve actually never sent out Christmas cards on my own before but really like the practice. I found some that appealed to me on Etsy and I bought some that Kat designed so I have cards! I also kind of want to make a quirky Christmas playlist and send that out too but…there are maybe 3 songs I want to put on it and that doesn’t seem like quite enough. But! If I come up with more songs, I might send those out too.
Anyway, if any of you would like a card and possible weird Christmas CD, leave your name and address in notes. I’ve made all notes private so you won’t accidentally show your address to the world. I promise, I’m not a creepy stalker person and won’t show up at your doorstep with all my critters. Unless you want me to. And can pay for transportation :P Conversely, if you’re sending out cards, I’d love to receive one! Just ask me for my contact info and ye shall receive :)
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