Jimbo's Journal

Saturday evening I went to Deerfield to meet figmint and sultansfavorite and another friend to see one of their friends  perform a small solo concert.  She sang several songs (from operas?) in German.  Made me wish I'd remembered some more of the 3-1/2 years of Deutsch that I took in High School.  Then she sang some (often humorous) showtunes.  This isn't the type of thing that I'd normally do, but I actually enjoyed it.  It's nice to do some unusual things every so often.  I need to do it more, as a matter of fact.  So thanks to figmint for the invite.

I actually left extremely early to go to the concert thinking that I would stop and grab a bite to eat.  I decided to drive towards Deerfield and see if I could find a restaurant out there.  Ha!  There is NOTHING out there.  I wound up driving around for a half hour, and then there it was - Fuddruckers!  Sweet!  Not the greatest FR that I've been to, but .... mmmm!  still good.

Sunday I started out a bit grumpy, mostly due to football results.  I decided to check out a local Wings, Etc to see if I could catch my Cowboys game, since local tv was playing the Bears.  I got a table and was looking at the menu when my cell starts ringing with a ringtone I hadn't been expecting.  Guess who?  T, who I had gone on a date with and then essentially not heard from again.  Turns out she had been down and out with a sinus infection for the last week.  She said she was feeling better but still sounded like crap.  She apologized for being out of touch.  Didn't talk much as it was hard to hear.  So .... I guess that is not over after all.

And the icing on the cake - my Cowboys kicked some New Jersey A (NY Giants) butt to take a 2 (essentially 3) game lead in the division!!!   w00t!!!

 


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add:  Oh, and I even ate well, when I was at the bar (well, aside from the half-dozen Diet Pepsis): the veggie plate with celery, carrots, green peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, and a tiny grilled chicken salad (all with ranch dressing - hey, it's better than the all fried food alternatives).

I've decided not to try calling T again. If she wants to, she'll call me back. I have no idea if this is a good decision or not, but I honestly don't know how I'd do it, anyway, without sounding pathetic and needy. So there it is.

I had a chat with my sister online last night about the situation. I know I'm not good at taking a step back and objectively analyzing myself most of the time, so I asked her a question which plaques me: 

( Chatlog, slightly edited for coherence )

So, it's not just me. Now, I understand that much of being an introvert is learned behavior, so I need to work on forcing a change. Of course that doesn't help me with trying to think of things that I like to do.