You live in one of my favorite little towns. It’s beautiful there but no, we haven’t spoken before. I just joined. But, feel free to PM. It may be a day before I get back with you. I’m in the middle of a working manuscript so I am back and forth mentally and, at times, don’t check my email for a day or so. Drives my kids nuts but I feel the same way when they hang me to dry on a text. I do not speak emoji so I don’t get the “I’m done texting with you” emoji clues. The kiddos remark on my “advanced” age and “warped” brain. It’s a good thing I am a satirist at heart and don’t take these things personally.

Anywho...yeah, peopleing when you are just beginning to dry out is rough. If you can avoid it...do it. If not, try not to do it alone or with a party oriented friend. And, don’t feel bad if you just need to go. No goodbyes, no offer of explanation- just haul bumm and remove yourself from that environment. Send a text the next day if you need to but never sacrifice your own mental/emotional improvement for the sake of politeness- despite the Southern commandment- Thou shalt NOT leave a party without telling the host how magnificent her horse de verve table was- . Just beat feet and get thee to a safe zone pronto. You got this!