Holy cow, I am so tired right now. But happy. I had a marvelous time that I'm forgoing the entry I had planned (one of the missing April entries) but some of them are so mopey. Yeesh.

Anyway, tonight I went out with a couple friends that I've been friends with for a while, but haven't hung out that much with. They're both young moms and we sort of swing in different circles. But, being the planner that I am, I felt the need to widen the circle. So tonight, the moms and I went to my favorite sushi/random asian cuisine restaurant, where they have live jazz. It was fabulous. Plus, since we haven't done much in a social setting before, they were a bit surprised, maybe, to see me when I'm not as reserved. We all laughed almost the entire evening. My stomach and face hurt, which is always a good sign.

I like new people because I can use old jokes. But, I started to get annoyed with myself by the end of the evening (which is usual for me) because I can't seem to get through a story without trying to punch up the comedy with these weird little cartoony voices. And, I was a little nervous. When I'm nervous I tend to sometimes over-do the "punching up." I think the only thing I said in my normal voice all evening was my order. But, they were both laughing pretty hard, so I guess it went over ok, and they both want to hang out again.

But, in the meantime, I think I have to practice talking in my regular voice more, or at least find more normal sounding voices to use. Or, maybe I should just stop sounding like a freak, talking about all these "voices". Yeesh.