My new work location is in a mostly empty area of a building, due to it being the only place there is free space. Unfortunately, the only 3 people that sit near me are temps, and leaving in the next couple of weeks.

I think this is making me swing a little more obsessive, resulting in becoming a little clingy with the new people I'm trying to become friends with. It's a bit pathetic, but now that I realise it, hopefully I can stop doing it, before it actually starts to drive any of them away.

I've got to at least make the effort to appear slightly normal, right? :)

I may go to the company Christmas party for the first time ever, just to try and socialize with people at work. I fully expect that to be a disaster. But since it's actually at work, it's not like it'll be a lot of effort to attend, and it'll be easy to escape from after I flounder around and stand in a corner not talking to anyone long enough.

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I bought a gift at the bookstore, and was feeling charitable enough to have a local girls group at the store gift wrap it. I had to laugh afterwards, because it was seriously one of the worst wrapping jobs I've ever seen. And I'm a bad giftwrapper. I think about the minimum amount of wrap possible was used, but a half a roll of tape. And the ribbon on it was tight enough to nearly bend the gift inside. I took it off as soon as I got to the car.

Mostly, I just thought it was fun to donate a bit of cash, but I did get a kick out of the wrapping. It was better to not need the wrapping and to donate than really expect anything in the first place in return.

The candy cane they gave me was good though.

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With all this talk about enriched uranium, where's the talk about impoverished uranium?
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Thanksgiving was spent mostly with the younger relatives, ones for which indentifying colors was a great new skill. I think it fit the level of conversation I've been equipped to deal with during the holiday, especially since I haven't done anything in a long time worth telling anyone about really.

During the work week I've been really busy and working late, so I'm too tired in the evenings and weekends to do anything that I'd be talking to people about during the work week. I've fallen into a social life gap, leaving me with 2-year olds counting to ten as the people who I can have a conversation with currently.

Luckily, they don't make me feel awkward about having not much to say.

Maybe I'll just bring them to lunch at work.