Socially Exhausted

When we used to work in the retail line, meeting people was something we had to deal with. Due to the nature of the job, we also started dining alone: lunch was in staggered shifts while after closing shop dinner would only happen around 10.30pm or 11pm onwards. We were rather thankful for this, though, as it gave us time to recharge.

When we changed jobs, we now have even less interaction with people. We've less colleagues, and the amount of empty space in the office will overwhelm those who're rather sociable (otousan can attest to this, having visited us in the office already). The tradition of lunching alone carried on, though. So much time alone, so much time to recharge.

And yet, this week, just after a dinner with the Tuition Teacher and a night of DotA-ing (cybercafe sessions have very little actual social participation whatmore), we're exhausted. It wasn't as if we've been spending every single day in company for the entire month, it was just a typical week. When Tuition Teacher wanted to do dinner again tonight we almost decided to cancel at the last minute. Thankfully we remembers something we could do in common that didn't require much in terms of interaction - Sudoku.

So yes, a Diabolical puzzle, eating dinner with one hand and filling in numbers with the other. Except for having someone else to help out with the puzzle solving, it's just like one of our solo dinner sessions when we Sudoku during dinner, only we just have to write upside down.

Urg. Wondering just how much cave time we actually need, really.