"Um ... I'm going to be away in December and some of January, but I'm really interested in this. How is that going to impact me?" I asked.

Standing in a corner, Rita muttered, "Just don't it then."

Methinks Rita thinks I'm taking on too much. Methinks Rita thinks I'm being a pain in the butt. Methinks Rita is sick of seeing me in her office. Methinks Rita is sick of hearing my raised voice in the meeting room down the hall from hers where the website planning team meets.

Perhaps I am doing too much.

Awwww, but it's fun! It's apparently so fun, I got 'picked up'. Seriously!! I was never so surprised when this person tapped me on the shoulder as I was hurrying to class with the application forms in front of me.

"Are you going to do that?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm thinking about it. It all depends on my schedule," I answered.

"Do it. Seriously, do it!" he said, very keen on it.

"Oh? You did it then?" I said.

"Yeah. I did it last year, well, early this year. It's heaps of fun. You meet loads of people. Great fun! I enjoyed it tremendously. Great experience," he said.

"Yeah? Hmmm."

"I got a lot out of it. Let's put this way, I was shy. It really forced me out of my shell."

I laughed and thought, "And here you are, chatting me up, huh?"

However, I forgot to get his name when we went our separate ways. How silly was that?!