eeeeeeee......i can't stand a martini but i like a vodka tonic....... and i listen to really strange music for an ole lady of 63........i MEAN strange........ so, we' could be compadres........

i am the worst at isolating. i found that going to the library here helped me tremendously. no one looks at you and no one speaks above a well-modulated whisper.......so you're pretty much left alone BUT you're still OUT.

i'd take a 10 minute walk a day if i were you and get a pet. a pet makes us interact with them.....i'ts good practice for those two legged things that inhabit our worlds. besides, they don't care if we're having a martini and listening to Kurt Cobain.......

then after you've spent a week taking those short walks, try to add five minutes. and make yourself speak to one person. just walk up and ask them something totally out of the blue.....nod, smile and go on..........you'll feel very accomplished....as you should.

it takes getting off the butt, putting the headphones on (my security blanket) and getting out......(for the walks)

try the library tomorrow and let me know what happened....love, pat