Just Like Alanis

So, you would think that with all of the "social networking" I do, that I cannot possibly be alone. I religiously check email, comment on Facebook, text, tweet, and talk on the phone. Not to mention the blogging. Of course, I do a lot more of this when I am not working, and since I'm on break this week, it feels like I am totally connected, but even when I am working, I devote some email/FB/texting time.

But in reality? I love to be alone. I've always been like that -- seemingly super social, but happiest when I am all by myself. Or maybe with one or two other people. But I love to read, and write, and just be.

Today, I went for a run, met a friend for lunch, and then spent the rest of the day alone at the beach, listening to music, dipping in the water, and thinking and thinking. I feel like all of my thoughts build up and wait in my head for me to go through them, analyze them, and then put them to rest (hopefully). It's almost as if I have a filing system in my head that gets backed up when I don't get the time to sort through all of the thoughts that have been stored up.

I know, crazy, right?

So while I will be social on this break, I am loving just being alone.