goodbye, social skills.... I'll have to work on you again next year

OK... one more random training observation. I'm pretty sure my social skills are slipping away. I think I'll get them back, but literally my life is waking up in the morning to go row, come back home, eat, fire up the PC, do some work, head to physical therapy, talk about rowing with the other rowers there, head home, grab a quick snack, head back to practice for a workout on the rowing machine, then the last workout of the day on the water. Pretty rowing heavy..

With practice seven days, I am finding myself in a quandry - go hang out with people in my spare time, or just decompress. I've been decompressing, which is good because it freshens me up for my next practice - and if I try to cram something non-rowing related it just means I spend my downtime rushing around. So there are no late nights at bars or evening trips to NYC (unless they are work-related; I'm doing 20 hours a week with a private equity firm).

The funny side effect - I'm paying more and more attention to fashion - for the first time I actually know what's 'in' this fall. And ironically I own some of it - despite the fact I never get to wear it beause I am always in workout gear or sweats... And I'm never around people that would actually be impressed by it.

So if you know me and I seem little out of it when we finally talk - note that it's because I've gradually become socially inept. Please try to pull me back into the real world if you can...