Solitude

As the snow storm of 2006 blasts Denver I'm house sitting (at last a snow storm I can remember!). The first few days of the storm I was snowed in. I'm sitting for friends of friends that I have routinely house sat for over the last couple years. They live close to city park, the zoo, and the museum. A nice neighborhood full of young couples & families. It is interesting to be the young single guy but hey...my presence makes the neighborhood diverse.

I have finished two books, watched 7 movies, and spent copious hours sleeping & shoveling snow. It is weird to shovel snow at someone else's house...mainly because it isn't my place. Maybe I'm a little hypersensitive about where to pile other peoples snow but I'm not as senstive about using their dishwasher, frig, TV, and large bath-tub.

When I house sit it is just me and the freedom from distractions. I usually don't tell people where I am and sometimes I don't answer my mobile phone. It is nice to get away and be completely unavailable. I'm an introvert and in order to recharge my batteries I need time alone. Usually I end up so busy I have to demand time alone and some people don't seem to get that. Most people who know me wouldn't peg me as an introvert. (I have tested as an introvert on the Myers Briggs & Keirsey ever since I was a freshman in college. Ever couple years I retake it to see if I have changed and I haven't!) House sitting for me isn't appealing because I am paid (that is a nice & welcomed bonus), or because some people allow me to eat their food, use their hot-tubs, and raid their book & movie collections. House sitting is appealing for the time alone.

FYI...I'm house sitting through Dec 30th and if you call I will return your call ASAP. I needed a few days completely unavailable without distraction and I was able to achieve that the first few days of the snow storm. (That and I forgot to take my phone charger with me!)