I am going to Yosemite National Park today. I should be looking forward to the trip. Wouldn’t you? Fresh air. Mountains. Flora. Fauna. A lovely drive on a lovely day. People.
Gah! People! People I don’t know and might have to make eye contact with. People who may even speak to me, requiring me to speak back. Gah!
At the end of the day, I really do like people. I am energized by meeting them and conversing about things that would not have entered my mind that day much less come out of my mouth.
At the beginning of the day, however, it’s a whole other story. People have Free Will. Not unlike children, they can say or do anything, at any time, entirely without your say so. Unnerving.
But it will be good for me to get out. It might actually be f… fffff…ffffffffffffffff…
{deep breath}
…FUN.
But what next? The occasional movie? This could set a dangerous precedent. Pretty soon people will want me to hang out with them all the time, willy nilly, perhaps even without advance notice.
I should just stay home and do laundry today, as per usual. Except I promised my friend Micky I would go with her so she can meet up with her niece and ogle the new baby over lunch. Then it turned into an afternoon tour of the Valley floor on an open-air bus. By the time the day is over, I will have hiked to the top of El Capitan. Just watch.
(Damn. Where did I put the sunscreen?)
