Once upon a time, I was pretty social. Then life happened: moved abroad (and back again), worked long hours, got married, moved across the country, went to law school...and I wondered how in the world you maintain a social life between all of those things. This week was kind of a flashback to what life with normal hours (i.e. evenings and weekends free) is like.
Weekend: Wedding of my college gal pal in Los Angeles. Awesome weather. Got to see Mr. TPG who flew in from Carson and met me there. Dinner with Mr. TPG's college friend/roommate and wife. Explored downtown LA's Little Tokyo (and acquired yummy Japanese snacks). All-day wedding festivities with college friends. And even though I spent more than 12 hours of my weekend in airports/airplanes, the weekend trip was well worth it.
Week: Random weekday lunch with law school friend at Shake Shack (yes, they made it to DC). Two full work days. Two coffee meetings for a book project I'm working on. Wednesday dinner with a college friend who just moved to DC at Maoz. And tomorrow will probably be both happy hour with one group of friends and then yummy dinner out with another.
I'm not used to so much socializing after three years of being buried under law school books/providing assistance to a brand new country/and trying to be a decent wife at the same time, and think I've been compensating by holing up in my bedroom even more than usual and only leaving to go to work, run errands, or go for a run. How does one maintain the energy to do this multiple nights a week? I just feel old...and lame.
On a side note, I have a job interview out in Nevada next week (my first interview out there - woohoo!), which means I will be doing the coast-to-almost-coast trip again in a few days. Wish me luck! It would be a great opportunity, even though getting this job would destroy my dream of being a snowboard bum all winter...
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