I am a hermit.
I know you're rolling your eyes at this secret, but it's true. Kind of.
I think if I'm classifying the type of hermit I am, I would be a bear-like hermit. Because there are times in my life I hibernate and times when I'm out foraging (so to speak). It's not that I'm rubbing my nose on the dirt searching for food or anything, I just go through periods of super social-ness and times when I'm the complete opposite. Like, live in my cave house and don't open the windows type of opposite.
(I like to think that if I really am like a bear, I might be cuddly like this one. Add a Diet Coke.)
1. Go to the Olive Garden. This is, without a doubt, my favorite restaurant. You may hate it. (Especially if you're a certain hairy friend of mine). But know that I love it. LOVE it!
2. Buy shoes. Anywhere. Anytime. Anywhere. I LOVE me some shoes!
3. Go to the Water Garden Cinema. It may not be your first movie theater choice, but it's mine because there are almost always empty seats, the popcorn is cheap, and everybody knows my name. Maybe they should change the theater name to Cheers. (I'm just kidding about the last line. I don't know if they know my name.)
When I'm hibernating, I like to:
1. Go to the Pleasant Grove Library. This is one of my favorite places on earth because every one here does know my name...so maybe they should be called Cheers. I love that they order my books. And even when I don't want to go anywhere else, I'll go here to get my book and read.
2. Read. I usually love to do this after I do #1. But I guess that's kind of a "duh" answer.
3. Write. Notice that reading comes first on this list. I think that's because at heart I'm a reader first. But when I'm not reading, I do try to write a little of my own fiction.
Does that make me sound completely crazy? Or do you get what I'm saying?
3 SPLURTS:
It's the craziest thing, right? Normally outgoing people revelling in the lack of social commitments.
And you're right about it hitting hard at this time of year. It usually results in taking myself off loops and getting back into the groove of writing.
The Park City Conference also brings it on. I socialize my brains out, and then I need to recover. Like a bear. A bit bigger and a lot less cute than yours...and diet Pepsi.
You're not crazy at all! I like to hibernate, too, and like you, I'm a reader first. Going out all the time would be way too exhausting!
I get it and am exactly the same. Sometimes I'm just in the mood for a good book, and other times I'm in the mood for a party.
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