I'm stuck in avoidance mode because I really dread the library reopening shindig. I don't like events like this where it's all glad-handing and mingling, making small talk with people I don't know. Hopefully my dad will be there so I'll have someone to hang out with. Otherwise, I'm flying solo. I know it's not about me. It's not about me. But I don't like being one of the periphery people in the spotlight. The photo ops are going to feel very artificial and unnatural.
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I usually feel the same way! I hate doing the whole "mingling" thing. On the upside, when it's over I often realize that the event itself wasn't as bad as the anticipation of it.
Hope it goes well!
If the staff at your library are anything like the people I work with, you can probably glom onto a librarian for the 'do' and save BOTH of your lives! I hate these things too, but if you have a fallback person or two, they aren't nearly as bad.
This is a perfect post. You captured the way so many of us feel, so many times, so well.
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