| | I took a vacation last week, the first real one I've had in a few years. I went to Oak Island, NC with my girlfriend, her sister, and a couple others. We rented a house for a week, within sight (and sound!) of the ocean. It was scrumtrelescent. We basically sat around all week. It was great. I cooked a few meals, played in the ocean, watched movies, sat in the sand, slept in, played in the ocean some more, ate seafood, and walked down an empty beach after each dinner. That's about the full itinerary, really.
Summer's going along kinda slowly. I really wish I had more friends (read "ANYONE") to hang out with sometime. Most nights and weekends are spent alone and/or with my girlfriend, or sitting at cafes with a slow-reading book. Everyone close to me lives in and around Cleveland, or further, and I'm fairly inept at getting into any social scene. I'm not really sure what happened. This used to be what I was good at. Part of my problem is not being in school. There, I could easily connect with dozens of like-minded individuals and have someone to call at anytime and hang out. Now, I'm not taking classes, and I've moved away from the school and only town I've called home for the past 7 years. I live in a non-neighborhood of apartment buildings isolated on the backside of a desolate shopping mall on the empty side of an ever-thinning, urban-sprawling Knoxville. My horizons are not bright. I lead a book club on Wednesday nights, but regular attendance (or even repeat attendance) of members is rare. The last time, no one showed up but myself. I'd take that as a hint to change things if I didn't get differing feedback. Every week it's "Hey, sorry I wasn't there..." and "Yeah, I'm really glad you picked that book! I can't wait to talk about it!"... But then when it's time, I'm left wondering if I've done something to disinterest people or even turn them away entirely. I don't know. I've finally been given a full load of hours at work this week, so I'll be busy enough to keep other things off my mind...
... not that Panera Bread gives me much to think about.
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| | Posted 7/12/2009 10:08 PM - 16 Views - 6 eProps - 3 comments
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