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Today I really skipped out on my responsibilities, which would have been to be at the activities fair, bop between tables, perform with Swing club and be generally useful, and then do reading for class, I had brunch with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pallasrosalind and then we went into Boston to shop. It was a very unorganized sort of trip- we went without really knowing how to get where we were going, so we hit some other shops, and found a bunch of stuff that almost worked but didn't enough to be worth it, and then we got directions and walked over to the Garment District and had a really wonderful time, and even found some neat things, although Mom's comment was "of course, scarves, just what you need"- I got a bunch of scarves, of which I do indeed have quite a number. But they're so pretty and make such nice headbands, etc. And we came back and had fun dinner conversation. Tonight was pleasant as I had a really nice conversation with my parents on the phone. I'm only intermittently a good phone person- often I revert to my usually pretty lousy phone skills. So this was a very nice change. I was both proud of myself and really enjoyed it. There are fairly few better combinations.
But it was a very good day for the beginning of the semester. It takes me a while to settle back into a college environment, and I haven't had the patience/tolerance for much in the way of crowds lately. I'm in a small-group mode even more than usual, which isn't great for beginning of the year. But I like my security, much of the time, and large groups don't give me that. Somehow I've been finding them particularly overwhelming of late. Eh- I go back and forth. Just a matter of time.
pallasrosalind and then we went into Boston to shop. It was a very unorganized sort of trip- we went without really knowing how to get where we were going, so we hit some other shops, and found a bunch of stuff that almost worked but didn't enough to be worth it, and then we got directions and walked over to the Garment District and had a really wonderful time, and even found some neat things, although Mom's comment was "of course, scarves, just what you need"- I got a bunch of scarves, of which I do indeed have quite a number. But they're so pretty and make such nice headbands, etc. And we came back and had fun dinner conversation. Tonight was pleasant as I had a really nice conversation with my parents on the phone. I'm only intermittently a good phone person- often I revert to my usually pretty lousy phone skills. So this was a very nice change. I was both proud of myself and really enjoyed it. There are fairly few better combinations. But it was a very good day for the beginning of the semester. It takes me a while to settle back into a college environment, and I haven't had the patience/tolerance for much in the way of crowds lately. I'm in a small-group mode even more than usual, which isn't great for beginning of the year. But I like my security, much of the time, and large groups don't give me that. Somehow I've been finding them particularly overwhelming of late. Eh- I go back and forth. Just a matter of time.