Casshigh said: Nancy is the secretary of the Cobb County club. I hope you will come to that meeting on Feb 12.
I plan to, and should be able to, unless I get an unexpected business trip. There's no travel on my schedule right now, but our schedules tend to change when the wind changes direction, so I always hedge my bets.
I realized a year or so ago that I've really narrowed my world since moving to GA in 2001, and am trying to broaden it again. Seems it's very easy to turn into a hermit when you live alone (with 3 dogs), work from home, and don't belong to many organizations. Most of my hobbies (yardening, photography, writing) are easy to keep solitary, and the intarwebz makes it easy to be "friends" with total strangers around the globe, which makes it easy to forget you don't know the people 3 houses down from you (but I do know my immediate neighbors, so I get points for that).
I told the VP lady this morning (what IS her name, Doris? I think it starts with a P? or is it the Prez who starts with a P?) that I was trying to remember how to interact with people in the real world. That's my feeble attempt at humor, but it's true, too. Today's technology makes it really easy to isolate oneself without feeling isolated.
Moving into the realm of TMI now, so feel free to stop reading, anyone
I probably wouldn't even be saying this next bit if I weren't on my 2nd glass of wine...
I used to trust people at the drop of a hat, then I trusted the wrong people a couple times. Between that and some long-buried memories re-surfacing, it was easy to shift into hermit mode, especially after moving to GA and not really knowing anyone. You know how a wounded critter will crawl into a cave or a dense thicket to lick its wounds...sometimes I think that's what I've been doing for most of the last decade. I have to consciously remind myself that most of my experiences with people have been GOOD, not bad, and that most of my trust has been rewarded, not abused. (I have a good therapist - that helps)
Anyway, I'm trying to get away from hermit-mode, and I'm glad that the NWGDwhatever is a nice group of folks, who easily reach out to visitors. It makes it easier to keep coming back.
