The Empty Echoes of Easter

That's some good alliteration, eh?

The title this time comes from the fact that my flat building is basically empty, as the school is now on Easter holidays...of 30-40 people, I think there are 6 of us left on my floor...and as few on the floor above, apparently. It's very, very quiet. Almost eerily so. But oddly, I enjoy it like this. I am vehemently opposed to forced socializing, so I avoid as often as possible situations in which I will be forced to interact with people. The flip side of this is that I often have to force myself to socialize...but it's okay when I do it to myself.

Which is not to say that I don't willingly and enjoyable socialize with people sometimes. There are several folks with whom I enjoy spending time.

But none of them live on my floor.

I recently finished a project for work, and have a couple more possible projects in the pipeline, so that's exciting. And the draft of my next chapter seems to be progressing decently, if slowly, as I'm rapidly losing motivation. To that end, I've taken a few days to myself, rented some videos, read a new book (Let the Right One In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist...the translation [it's originally Swedish] is not great, but the story, of a boy's relationship with a vampire in early 1980s Sweden, is amazing). And it's a frakin' gorgeous day.

I think I'll go for a walk.