Just went to my wife's work party. She's an elementary school teacher, so it was basically a house full of tipsy women and their husbands...and a principal. I have a party trick. The 80/20 rule. I let a person talk 80% of the time. People prefer to talk more than listen and I'm better off listening than talking. Mainly, I just stick by my wife because she has subtle ways of signaling to me when I'm being an ***. But it never happened. I was funny and engaging but brief. Except once, but she never stops me on this same stupid thing. I have a story that I tell once in awhile when teachers are around from when I was a teacher. It goes over great with non-teachers but it bombs with teachers because it's the story of the events that led me to leaving the profession...and because of the money. And then I come home and realize that no teacher''s ever going to feel good about that story.

We left early. We're older and more tired than that crowd. I don't think I said or did one inappropriate thing. Saphris is helping. Feeling like myself again.