Brain Betrayal

It's getting worse, now, the closer I get to starting work: my brain will not allow me to sleep. I read a chapter or two, turn off the lights, and I begin to think.

I was considering my behavior at my boss's party on Saturday. Yes I had a few glasses of wine, but they were spread out over many hours and I was eating...a lot. Anyway, I was evaluating if I did anything foolish and determined I did not, but one of my colleagues said something that made me think.

Many of the people at the party had traveled to Italy recently, so we were discussing Rome and the buildings and angry Italian artists and the Church obviously came up. Someone was telling a story about a pope that's not pictured on a wall and it somehow segued into Church rules. So, since this is stuff I know about, I was playing "did you know..." Not in a haughty way, but just as an FYI kind of thing.

I'm afraid I came off as too bitter, however, which is unfortunate. You know you're not supposed to discuss politics and religion but...I find it fascinating. I didn't mean to come across as "wow, Catholicism sucks," it was supposed to be "Hey, you should know why your church is the way it is."

Anyway, all this rambling is coming to this point: I apologize if I come off as a know-it-all or haughty. It is never my intention to be this way with people; I just like to impart knowledge (hence my profession). I'm not sure how I'm going to fix my party flub with my colleagues, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Oh, and my boss's son is cute. Awkward for me.