Wed Oct 10: Caught a Cold - I ran into several different people at GWW with different colds at different stages. I had hoped I'd missed out on contracting anything, but sadly, I caught something from someone. Yesterday evening I started to get a runny nose, and all day today I've combatted with a runny nose, congestion, a light fever, and body aches. *sigh* It wouldn't have been enough of a cold to stay home from work, if I had employment, but it was a little bit relaxing to be home for it.

Things about the unsuccessful job hunt, so far - There hasn't been anything new on the job front, and today is probably the first day I felt a bit disappointed or slightly depressed about it. As I was coming in the house on Monday afternoon, I actually got a phone call from one staffing company, but we ended up playing phone tag with one another. But I haven't heard from her either yesterday or today, nor from either of my job interview prospects.

But on a good note, I got an amazing number of phone calls and text messages from friends all day long. Teffan texted me with a joke from GWW, as she had dinner back in Minnesota. My daughter rang me up from her sister's cell, and dropped me an email earlier in the morning. Nate emailed me something sweet in the morning, Matt rang me on my cell in the evening. I exchanged a quick text with Meala, when I knew I couldn't go to fighter practice. True and I swapped emails in the afternoon, including he wanted my resume once more. And even Sabas called me at home, just to see how I was doing. He's going to put my resume out to his employer in the morning, which is reassuring.

Besides the normal day-to-day things, and fighting this cold, I got the rest of my camping equipment all cleaned up and put away. So now my room is totally cleaned up and organized again, making it much easier to face the job hunt computer work again tomorrow.

And I attacked Photoshop today, and found that I really could work on some of the photo files for Meala's project. I like feeling successful, even when I feel sick. *happy sigh*

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Finally, some thoughts about extroverts and introverts. Please take these ideas in the spirit in which they're intended.

This article goes into the top five things extroverts should know about introverts, according to the author. It's fairly clear that the author is an introvert, depite his comment that he's "...been on both sides of the extrovert/introvert fence."

His top five points are:
1. If a person is introverted, it does NOT mean they are shy or anti-social.
2. Introverts tend to dislike small talk.
3. Introverts do like to socialize – only in a different manner and less frequently than extroverts.
4. Introverts need time alone to recharge.
5. Introverts are socially well adjusted.

And he makes this conclusion: "There’s nothing wrong with introverts."

Well, without making a parallel list, I wrote these top five last night, to give a bit of insight into my understanding of what it's like to be an extrovert, and the most frustrating misconceptions I seem to run up against.

Top Five Things Introverts Should Know About Extroverts

(1) Just because I'm busy, doesn't mean I'm doing too much. Please stop asking me to relax and take it easy.

(2) If I seem antsy and flighty, it's not that I'm bored. I just need more sensory input. I'll be back.

(3) If I'm asking you too many questions, maybe you might volunteer something in the conversation occasionally. I'm just truly interested in what you have to say. Please don't make me carry the entire conversation.

(4) Just because I gain energy from groups and from people, doesn't mean I don't appreciate quiet time for myself. The reason you don't see me having alone time is because I'm *alone.*

(5) If I'm multi-tasking, I'm not ignoring you. I'm keeping my fingers busy because it means I pay even *more* attention to you when you're talking.

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Today's Blessing That I'm Thankful For: Such considerate friends: you brought some sunshine to my day, thank you, each of you.