Pwhew!

I'm a misantropic bastard at heart (and superficially, as well), so you know it is a tough week when we go out five nights in a row! We started off with dinner with friends, then helped put on a surprise party for a friend, then dinner with my sweetie's senior (and coolest) colleage, then put on a BBQ for my sweeties's students, and now we're finishing it off with an end-of-year get together with more of my sweetie's colleages. Plus, tomorrow is her birthday, so we're going out for that.

I'm about sick of people. :-) There's just a limit to how often I can be sociable, and that's even without the dishwasher breaking down, looking for birthday gifts for my sweetie, and all the rest. Pwhew!

OTOH, I've also wasted countless hours this week playing Civilization III. It's a fascinating game, and I've always loved all those "take over the world" games, anyway. I'm not yet playing it online, but I've been through several marathon games. I hope I get it out of my system before I head to Spain!