Five very good hours

I know I should go out more. I know I should interact with others regularly. Just because being alone is very comfortable for me doesn't mean it's healthy. I've discussed this with my shrink a million times since covid shutdown and our emergence.

So, when friends invite me out, I really try to get to yes. Lately the one who has been asking the most often is Elaine, from movie group. She is kind and generous and I am flattered that she thinks I'm neat. But she can annoy me. I know, it's me, not her. She just doesn't get me the way John and my oldest friend do (of course, they often annoy me, too; like I say, it's me, not her). 

Anyway, Sunday we spent a really nice day together. I rode the rails downtown again -- second Sunday in a row -- and had brunch. Then it was off to The Music Box Theater for Cat Video Fest 2023. It was fun and Elaine is an even more indulgent cat lady than I am, so she was the perfect companion for this. Plus it was a fundraiser for The Red Door Animal Shelter.

Then it was back on the train and I was back in my front door at 3:00. I was happy.

That's enough. I think 5 hours is my limit for socializing.