Yesterday I attended a housewarming party down in Ventura for a former coworker and her husband.

Their house was nice with several bedrooms and bathrooms, which is obviously more than they could’ve ever afforded here in SB. It turns out they moved in like a week before the La Conchita mudslides, so during the week they were trapped at home, they unpacked all their stuff, and so they already look totally moved in, which is cool.

Although the girl invited a few of her former library coworkers, I am the only one who showed up. This means that I knew NO ONE there except for the hosts.

Despite the fact that I am not normally social and don’t like new situations, I feel that I did a good job of mingling—I talked to lots of different people and participated in several circles of conversation. It probably helped a little that I drank a little (don’t worry, I didn’t get drunk and was fine when I made the drive back). Several of the people were my age, so I think that helped too. They were all a bit geeky because they were all engineer-type people, but they were nice and talked to me.

So anyway, I was actually debating not going because I was pretty sure I wouldn’t know anyone and hence wasn’t sure that I’d be comfortable there. But I wound up having a much better time than I anticipated, so I am glad that I decided to get out and do something interesting.

And of course, shocking, I got along with smart, geeky people. ;)

Posted at 3:37 PM |