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So yesterday I met up with this guy for coffee.
Whoa, back up.
So I have this new coworker who is MAD about setting people up. She met her husband in a setup and is just convinced that her life's work is to set people up with people who will make them happy. So I walked by her cube one day and she was like "Megan, I need to think of someone to...OH MY GOSH I KNOW WHO I WANT TO SET YOU UP WITH!!" Apparently, she used to work with this guy who was very Catholic and refused to date non-Catholics. She said he went to mass "in that little town south of Eugene..." oh boy....that means the SSPX church...
If any of you are part of SSPX, I really don't mean to offend, and I have nothing against you personally. I just have some struggles in understanding how one can just turn his back on this whole council of teachings...anyway, I digress.
So she has him look me up on myspace. Ummm...and this guy is 30. Not that there's anything wrong with being 30, but that *is* 7 years older than me and I'm not particularly mature for my age. There is a LOT of life experience I haven't had.
So I get to writing back and forth with this guy a little. I'm expecting him to be extremely conservative (SSPX bias) but he tells me how he drives a blue volkswagen bus, and he finally got an apartment but for the last 2 years he spent couch hopping--not because he couldn't afford to live on his own, but because he wanted the adventure. Which, if you're fresh out of high school, or even like 21-22 I can understand. But just...wow.
So I'm not sure what to expect of this meeting up. To be honest, when it came down to it, I really did not even want to go. Well, we got to talking and he turns out to be a nice enough guy. Actually he seemed like a very sweet person. It's just that...well...I really carried the conversation. And if you know me...I'm really not a talker. For instance, I asked him about his family. He told me a little about his family,then just stopped talking. Awkward silence. I expected him to ask me about MY family. He didn't. So I started talking about them anyway. And he was a very good listener, he just didn't really ask any questions. It was honestly a bit painful. And yeah...just no connection. I really don't have the heart to tell my coworker about this though.
Today at work was exciting. I finally got to do some work with my own cases!! I'm very excited. Also very, very nervous, but very excited. The days have been going so fast now that I actually have things to do and stress over. And the best part is...5 o'clock comes and me and Boyfriend (my car) are streaming down I-5. I have an hour drive to take my mind off work, and my apartment, and Corvallis, are just my little haven. It's completely separate from my work. It's great.
I've also been back to the gym! It's fantastic. I started Tuesday and swam 2500 yards. Yesterday, after the awkward coffee...meeting...(I hesitate to call it a date) I had a lot of steam to blow off so I did 3000 yards, and didn't even feel tired afterward! I guess I'm less out of shape than I thought. And I swam again today and it was glorious.
I feel like I had more I wanted to say and now I can't remember. |