Nontraditional graduate student socializing

One of the realities of graduate school - whether one is a nontraditional student or not - is that there are a lot of opportunities for socializing.

Part of the challenge I face, especially with living so far away from school, is figuring out which events I should get off my butt and go to and which ones I can miss. Me, I am not so very social ...so I usually don't want to go ...even moreso now that I am on a diet and can't eat most of the free food anyway. The only reason I do end up going, most times, is because hubby insists I make the effort.

So yesterday, we went to the graduate students reception.... it was nice enough; free food, and several other students from my program so there were people to talk to... but we could have easily gotten away without attending; just not that many profs, and no one that I recognized from the program I'm going into, either.

But whatever... I showed up, we had a good time, and we came home. Am seriously irked that I forgot to take my library books back though ...and also forgot a pile of exams I meant to take to be stored in the English department office. Had them in my hand, but that must have been before hubby nagged me to go find less baggy pants to put on.

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