Back At It... Thinkie Thoughts to Come

[mlerules]

Now that fully vax'd status exists and activity restrictions've begun to ease, I've begun dipping my toes back into Life As It Was in the Before Times. Realizing now though that I need to keep my newly awakened socializing & traveling schedule less frantic/bizzy than sometimes.

After ten days away (to Bay Area and Back) followed by houseguests for over a week (2 sets), a quick few days up in WA, another houseguest, my first live music outing yesterday (outside venue, really fun - but 6 hours was too long), today's first trad'l Sunday Brunch (w/just 3 of us, thankfully), and a few day trips to the coast sprinkled into the mix, I feel utterly exhausted.

And/but there're more folks I want to see. And things to do. And places to go. But I just can't do it all. Not sure how to choose where to put my energies... Not sure of priorities. Good time to work on these, now that I can look further than a day/week/month ahead at a time.

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[garyomaha]

>>ten days away (to Bay Area and Back) followed by houseguests for over a week (2 sets), a quick few days up in WA, another houseguest, my first live music outing yesterday (outside venue, really fun - but 6 hours was too long), today's first trad'l Sunday Brunch (w/just 3 of us, thankfully), and a few day trips to the coast sprinkled into the mix, I feel utterly exhausted. <<

YOU feel exhausted? **I** feel exhausted just hearing about all that! That is an itinerary that, in a busy time, might be my plans for an entire year. This introvert needs to settle down after merely reading your words. (BUt I'm glad you're enjoying it all!)

[mlerules]

Heh, I just noticed a FaceBook memory of a decade ago that reminds me of how incredibly busy I used to keep: "Having 16 different house guests in a single week = my new personal best Home from a delightful weekend at Faerieworlds." I'd provided camping equipment for 10 of us, planned meals, shopped, packed, drove the 2 hours there and back again. WheeZoomSplat!

I'm not up to this level of bizzyness these days. Not quite sure I want to return, either. We shall see. (This extrovert does enjoy people-time, generally. ;-)

[garyomaha]

Oh, don't get me wrong. I enjoy people. (One or two at a time. One such event a day. With the rest of the day, and likely the next, set aside for alone time.) :)

[mlerules]

I quite enjoy parties and weekend camping events in large part because they provide me with many opportunities for one-on-one time with various people or small groups of people. Live music events - outdoors mostly, less interested these days in packed indoor arenas - have a lovely energy for me, as all focus on the music together. Reminds me of walking along the promenade in Santa Monica, when everybody's stop whatever they were doing and saying to watch the sun set over the water. Couples'd pull together. Everybody's focus on the moment of the shift from day to night. Magical liminal times, experienced individually yet shared amongst us all.

[garyomaha]

That would be a nice post all by itself. Rather poetic, I think.