Reconnecting

Lately I've been trying to get back in touch with old classmates, friends and family that I haven't talked with for some time. I don't know why I decided that this was something I wanted to do, but it just felt that this was the time to do this.

For example: Last night, my grandmother (on my father's side) was in town as she was going to have some tests done at the hospital. I haven't seen or talked to her in a while, probably over a year. Same with my aunt and uncle who drove her down for the trip and my cousin, who lives in same city I do. Why haven't I driven the three hours to see her?

Lately, I've tended to be somewhat anti-social once I get home. If I'm already outside the house for work or something, I'm fine. Once I get home though, I don't want to leave. I want that time to myself. A little bit of time is ok, but since I have recently picked up the nickname "hermit crab", I think maybe I need to get out a bit more. My rather introverted wife has more social events than I do these days and I am (or at least was)a rather extreme extravert.

Is it my job? There are plenty of sterotypes of "anti-social geeks". Maybe I am becoming one of those IT people who get more satisfaction from making a machine run than having a happy co-worker. Have I recently become sick of people? Is that I'm just tired and need a vacation, away from work, away from the house to recharge my social battery?

Whatever it is, I hope to combat it by continuing this attempt to get back in contact with people from my past. If I haven't gotten a hold of you recently, maybe I lost your email. Send me a line and I'll get back you withing a month or so.