Oh my gosh!! This was the worst weekend of the summer. And what makes it even worse yet, I even set up means by which to bail, more than one let me add, had other plans to insure that I had something else going on, and I still went through with the original plans even though all signs pointed to DON'T.
So now you're wondering what could have possibly happened. Well I'll be brief with this one since I have already had to tell this story to about 10 people. So the "MaGirl" invites me to go to the dunes for the weekend. That's d be fun I think, just kicking it and playing around on quads, and hanging out with a cool girl. So I never did truly commit to the activity. The committing didn't come by ways of commission, but rather omission. How did I do that? Well when you ask about departure times, bunking situations, food/gas contributions, and by never saying that I would "think about it and get back to you." So I let the assumption be made that I'd go. So what does that mean for me: cancel your date with Haley on Saturday night, in which I was going to double up with Mike and his girlfriend. You see they had set me up with Haley. And here's a quick side note, they still went out, Haley took some guy that she didn't really care for and Mike said that they all had a good time, with Haley mentioning that she'd rather of been out with me and not the schmuck she was with. Haha. I just shake my head and sigh with a smile thinking, "I've learned my lesson; follow your freakin' rules Alex." Oh the following post after this will add on to that, so keep on reading.
So I won't get into details but I'll tell you why this weekend, the last weekend of the summer, was the worst of them all. So "MaGirl", the one that asked me out to the dunes, just happened to have cloud of disenchantment about her the whole time out there. Ever since we woke up on Saturday morning she just was different and it sucked. "MaGirl" was rude, not talkative, harsh, and crabby. I tried to be accommodating to her and just chat with her and try to cheer her up, but she'd just shrug that off. So she, the one that invited me out there, pretty much didn't even socialize with me or acknowledge that I was there. What the crap are you supposed to do when the person that brings you out there just ignores you the whole time. That doesn't make much sense. And things didn't get better the rest of the time: what the crap am I to do when the girl you come with ignores you, you didn't drive, and you're just meeting the rest of the group for the first time? At one point I left with a quad to drive out to a place that I could get reception and it was a good time. I texted/called all of my buddies that told me to not go and told them that they were right. Finally I am actually socializing with someone. Man you would of thought the one that brought me out would have done that. So my first escape was nice.
I do have some thoughts on why she was like this from a conversation that actually occurred with her on Saturday night when we took a walk. So what I gather is that she had just very recently separated with her last relationship, a very long-term committed relationship, like probably right before I met her. So she had that on her mind (Oh now this has some influences that play out in the following post). So now here I am with her at a place/activity that she has done with her ex probably 3 times a year for the past couple of years, surrounded by the same people she always does it with, and she's probably just thinking about her ex and separating with him. She said to me at one point, "I just think that I can't make that big of a change in my life right now" in reference to going out with me. Um, I think that she was looking into something with me a little too hard, too fast, and too soon. Wow.
Other than that conversation, I don't think that she said more than 50 words to me all day.
Sunday didn't get any better. She was crabby, tired, and most likely now has a broken hand from stupidly putting it out of the roll cage when we tipped while out with her bro-in-law in a Rhino. So it didn't get better. The best part of this day, other than leaving, was taking a trip out to get cell phone reception and making plans for Monday, and the rest of the week.
The drive back: now that was peaceful and quite. There wasn't one word said once we got into the car. The first word that was said was when I fielded a phone call from a buddy. Luckily, he and I still both speak Thai and we had a conversation detailing how awesome the weekend was, without the "MaGirl" knowing exactly what was said. And then my mother calls to give me a girl's phone number. That made me laugh. Thank goodness for the iPhone and being able to receive my email directly on my phone. Haha. Wow.
So as I get my stuff out of her car into mine as fast as I could, trying not to get too wet in the rain, I just felt so elated. It was done. As I checked her car one last time for stuff, I was right about to give her some more money to even out the food/gas contribution, but something just held my hand back. I don't know if it was her attitude, my anxiety to get out of there, her anxiety to get out of there, bitterness from the "great" time with her, or my premonition that she'd just stubbornly throw it back.
It is now over. Time to drive home and actually get some sleep.
HIGHLITES
I will say that I did have some fun. The first notable came when we went out on group rides in the Rhinos. So 12 of us went out with 4 to a Rhino and just had a blast romping through the dunes. Adam was driving ours and he's a really fun, crazy, experienced rider on every sort of recreation vehicle at the dunes. We were flying through the dunes at midnight, getting air, taking crazy corners, hitting drops, climbing sand razorbacks, just having a blast. We did have one tip when Adam backed down a wall that he couldn't climb, and backed the left rear of the Rhino over a sand ridge. We sat there for a moment wondering if we'd tip or just stay. Then the world's slowest tip over happened. I mean we could have made a burger and eaten it before we went down. This is where the "MaGirl" stupidly put her hand on the outside of the roll cage and got it pinned/smashed against the ground (Not so much a highlite). We all bailed out of our seat belts and grabbed the cage to lift it off her. We didn't know what was pinned under the cage and thought it was a leg. Well that put a somber mood on the rest of the night/ride down.
Watching Adam drag race his quad up the face of the dunes and just destroy everyone. He surely had the fastest quad there. The man's put so much time, effort, and money into it.
The other highlite was just BSing with Adam and J.J. when all the ladies went out for a ride. Man there were some funny stories told.
The last highlite was finally taking off, and a day early at that. I'm home.
Showing posts with label weekend. Show all posts
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Monday, September 1, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Polar Opposite: A Great Weekend With Some Cool Surprises
Ok so yes my last weekend wasn't the greatest. It seemed that the fun karma had become depleted in my life. In reality, I was having a lot of fun this summer, so I couldn't expect to have an awesome weekend every week, now could I. So enough pouting for me, time to quit being a baby.
Onto this weekend. Complete 180 from last week. It was crazy, busy, exciting, fun, and super involved. Let's take a closer look shall we (I'm such a nerd, this I know).
Friday: Work went by so quick. There wasn't anybody there, and of all the nothing I had to do, I got it all done. It was the first day that I really didn't care about having nothing going on because it went by so quickly. But after work, what time is it? Hockey time. Now this is how good my weekend was going, let me elaborate. So we only had 6 guys there to play hockey. For some reason no one was showing up. Well of course we knew that they'd cancel it and I'd be out of a good release once again. But the guy who had to stay and zamboni the ice agreed to let us play. Oh that was so awesome. We then played 3 on 3 for the next hour plus. I was super beat by the end of it all. Now once that was finished, I had to get home, hydrate, and get over to the soccer facility for a late night make up game. I was actually really out of it the whole time, for one thing, and then being in a boarded up field that looks similar to a hockey arena, made me think that I would just poke check the ball away with my stick (which didn't exist) while on defense, or just check the guy into the boards to stop him. Whoops. I got beat once or twice in the beginning and also got a foul or two called on me. All that said I did manage to score my first goal of the season. Now that's saying a lot for me because I never play up. Since nobody else on the team really gets back on defense, I decided to play sweeper, I'm the last man back. So I had an opportunity in which there was a good opening, I passed it up, he took a shot on goal, I got the rebound, and drilled it in. So it was a good night. Indoor soccer definitely is a completely different game from outdoor, which is why I am not too fond of it, but it is still fun to get out and run.
So on to Saturday. I took it easy and just did laundry during the day and waited for my night plans. So remember last week I happened to complain about a certain brunette that stood me up? Well I did get a hold of her, we planned a date for Saturday, and I totally stood her up. Oh man revenge is so nice. I mean I told her what restaurant to meet at, called her saying that I was a little late and to see if she was there already, and then once I confirmed she was there, I called the restaurant and had the hostess tell her that I couldn't make it because I was out with my girlfriend. Oh my gosh how good is that!!!! Payback.
I know, I know.... I really know how to give it to someone. And right now as you're reading this thinking about how much of a jerk I was, how insensitive and immature I acted, wanting to punch me in the face feeling sorry for that poor woman, you're now going to have that feeling of being dooped by Alex once again.
Of course I didn't do that to her. Are you serious? I did go out with the "MaGirl" and we had a good time. She truly was sick the other day and didn't feel good enough to call. So now that I feel like an idiot for thinking that she stood me let's get on to the date. So after having to stop off at her sister's for a bit we headed back up to Salt Lake for dinner. It was an alright dinner for food, but it was really good for getting to know her. We seemed to talk a lot about work, personal goals, priorities (oh yeah, you know I said skiing), and just whatever else came up. She's really a sweet person. She's mature, my age (thank goodness), brunette (of course, you know me) a dancer (way fun), intelligent, and beautiful, especially her smile. It was just really easy for me to get along with her.
After dinner we met up with my buddy Mike, his girlfriend, and her friends to go out dancing. That of course was way fun, especially when you're with a good dancer. So after all the club fun was said and done, I got "MaGirl" back to her place around 3:15 am or so. I was not about to drive all the way back up to Ogden. I called Mike and met up with him to crash, but I never got tired now that I wasn't driving, so I stayed up and finally headed home to Ogden at 6 am. Now that sucked.
Since it's already Sunday let's talk about that. Yeah so church was hard. I was so beat. The new Bishopric spoke and yeah. Well the big surprise is finally getting to hang out with a good childhood buddy from Wisconsin. Ben Leonhardt moved out to Layton the other week, and we planned on hanging out Sunday night. It's good to see him. Man he still looks the same. Why couldn't I still have the same hairline? Why do I have to have the family hairline? Anyway, we chatted about everything: school, work, finding jobs, girls (and the ridiculous drama that is contained within their DNA), crappy student loan payments, skiing, possibly rooming together in Salt Lake City, and life. Way fun time. I'm so glad that he is out here. He's a good buddy to have around. I hope that he finds a job quickly.
To an absolutely fun, invigorating, and exhausting weekend: Adieu.
Onto this weekend. Complete 180 from last week. It was crazy, busy, exciting, fun, and super involved. Let's take a closer look shall we (I'm such a nerd, this I know).
Friday: Work went by so quick. There wasn't anybody there, and of all the nothing I had to do, I got it all done. It was the first day that I really didn't care about having nothing going on because it went by so quickly. But after work, what time is it? Hockey time. Now this is how good my weekend was going, let me elaborate. So we only had 6 guys there to play hockey. For some reason no one was showing up. Well of course we knew that they'd cancel it and I'd be out of a good release once again. But the guy who had to stay and zamboni the ice agreed to let us play. Oh that was so awesome. We then played 3 on 3 for the next hour plus. I was super beat by the end of it all. Now once that was finished, I had to get home, hydrate, and get over to the soccer facility for a late night make up game. I was actually really out of it the whole time, for one thing, and then being in a boarded up field that looks similar to a hockey arena, made me think that I would just poke check the ball away with my stick (which didn't exist) while on defense, or just check the guy into the boards to stop him. Whoops. I got beat once or twice in the beginning and also got a foul or two called on me. All that said I did manage to score my first goal of the season. Now that's saying a lot for me because I never play up. Since nobody else on the team really gets back on defense, I decided to play sweeper, I'm the last man back. So I had an opportunity in which there was a good opening, I passed it up, he took a shot on goal, I got the rebound, and drilled it in. So it was a good night. Indoor soccer definitely is a completely different game from outdoor, which is why I am not too fond of it, but it is still fun to get out and run.
So on to Saturday. I took it easy and just did laundry during the day and waited for my night plans. So remember last week I happened to complain about a certain brunette that stood me up? Well I did get a hold of her, we planned a date for Saturday, and I totally stood her up. Oh man revenge is so nice. I mean I told her what restaurant to meet at, called her saying that I was a little late and to see if she was there already, and then once I confirmed she was there, I called the restaurant and had the hostess tell her that I couldn't make it because I was out with my girlfriend. Oh my gosh how good is that!!!! Payback.
I know, I know.... I really know how to give it to someone. And right now as you're reading this thinking about how much of a jerk I was, how insensitive and immature I acted, wanting to punch me in the face feeling sorry for that poor woman, you're now going to have that feeling of being dooped by Alex once again.
Of course I didn't do that to her. Are you serious? I did go out with the "MaGirl" and we had a good time. She truly was sick the other day and didn't feel good enough to call. So now that I feel like an idiot for thinking that she stood me let's get on to the date. So after having to stop off at her sister's for a bit we headed back up to Salt Lake for dinner. It was an alright dinner for food, but it was really good for getting to know her. We seemed to talk a lot about work, personal goals, priorities (oh yeah, you know I said skiing), and just whatever else came up. She's really a sweet person. She's mature, my age (thank goodness), brunette (of course, you know me) a dancer (way fun), intelligent, and beautiful, especially her smile. It was just really easy for me to get along with her.
After dinner we met up with my buddy Mike, his girlfriend, and her friends to go out dancing. That of course was way fun, especially when you're with a good dancer. So after all the club fun was said and done, I got "MaGirl" back to her place around 3:15 am or so. I was not about to drive all the way back up to Ogden. I called Mike and met up with him to crash, but I never got tired now that I wasn't driving, so I stayed up and finally headed home to Ogden at 6 am. Now that sucked.
Since it's already Sunday let's talk about that. Yeah so church was hard. I was so beat. The new Bishopric spoke and yeah. Well the big surprise is finally getting to hang out with a good childhood buddy from Wisconsin. Ben Leonhardt moved out to Layton the other week, and we planned on hanging out Sunday night. It's good to see him. Man he still looks the same. Why couldn't I still have the same hairline? Why do I have to have the family hairline? Anyway, we chatted about everything: school, work, finding jobs, girls (and the ridiculous drama that is contained within their DNA), crappy student loan payments, skiing, possibly rooming together in Salt Lake City, and life. Way fun time. I'm so glad that he is out here. He's a good buddy to have around. I hope that he finds a job quickly.
To an absolutely fun, invigorating, and exhausting weekend: Adieu.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Disappointing Weekend
Do you ever get one of those disappointing weekends? You know, one which starts out having a lot of plans, activities, hopes, and expectations, that eventually turns into blah. That's what happened over the past three days.
Let's start out on Friday. I went up to Idaho to meet up with a group of people. The plan was to stay up on the Snake river and just mess around for a couple of nights. Because of work, I didn't go up till Friday morning. So this brings us to the first part of the disappointment. I didn't know until I was halfway to the meeting spot that it was 150 miles away. Good thing that I just happened to dump $60 in my tank, and that I would be using 3/4 of it for the round trip over 24 hours. So I get to our place, see that everyone is out on the river, and decide to put up my tent. Well at least I got a good nap once that was done. The next disappointment came as I noticed some people that were supposed to be there had bailed. Okay so really that's not too big of a disappointment, but it added to being there with some people I really didn't care for. There happened to be more than a hand full of people I didn't care for: they just weren't my type of people.
So Saturday morning rolls around and I am pretty quick to pack up camp and head home. The whole drive home I am thinking about what I am going to do before hockey. Oh yes beloved hockey: beautiful, powerful, aggressive, energy consuming hockey. I get there a little late, about 8:00 for an 8:15 start time, and right when I get there, this stupid, selfish, disjointed waste of space, decides to call the ice time, stating that there wasn't the minimum amount of people required to be there. Apparently her Utah public school education hasn't allowed her the faculty to count to 10! If she would have bothered to raise one of her fingers for every person that was there and signed up, she would have quickly realized that she didn't have enough digits to account for every individual present. And she wouldn't even reason with us! So this really starts the aggression and aggravation within me. This was supposed to be the culmination of my weekend, and now it's gone. And to think I planned a date for Sunday night because hockey just happens to come first. Now don't I feel stupid that I didn't plan that date for Saturday night.
On to Sunday and the date. So I planned to meet up with this attractive 27 year old brunette, we'll call her the "MaGirl, down in Salt Lake City at 5:30. I meet her the previous Saturday while down in SLC enjoying the Outdoor Retailer Show and festivities. I had chatted with her a couple of times during the week and we decided to make plans for the weekend. Well about 3:30 I received a text:
"Hey you! I am so sorry I am going to have to postpone dinner. I have not been feeling well all day. I hoped to be better by now, but I am not. I am so sorry."
Well that's just great now isn't it! So I don't even get the decency of a phone call? Just splendid. Granted, she could actually be under the weather and out of it, hence no phone call, but I'm going to go with my first impression on this one. I didn't reply to the text message and shortly received another from her seeing if I had got the first one. That's when the "did I really expect anything to go as planned this weekend" thought came into mind. I'll be extremely surprised if she gets back to me on the dinner raincheck. On the bright side, it did save me from a drive down to Salt Lake City.
Here's to a beautifully disappointing weekend: Adieu.
Let's start out on Friday. I went up to Idaho to meet up with a group of people. The plan was to stay up on the Snake river and just mess around for a couple of nights. Because of work, I didn't go up till Friday morning. So this brings us to the first part of the disappointment. I didn't know until I was halfway to the meeting spot that it was 150 miles away. Good thing that I just happened to dump $60 in my tank, and that I would be using 3/4 of it for the round trip over 24 hours. So I get to our place, see that everyone is out on the river, and decide to put up my tent. Well at least I got a good nap once that was done. The next disappointment came as I noticed some people that were supposed to be there had bailed. Okay so really that's not too big of a disappointment, but it added to being there with some people I really didn't care for. There happened to be more than a hand full of people I didn't care for: they just weren't my type of people.
So Saturday morning rolls around and I am pretty quick to pack up camp and head home. The whole drive home I am thinking about what I am going to do before hockey. Oh yes beloved hockey: beautiful, powerful, aggressive, energy consuming hockey. I get there a little late, about 8:00 for an 8:15 start time, and right when I get there, this stupid, selfish, disjointed waste of space, decides to call the ice time, stating that there wasn't the minimum amount of people required to be there. Apparently her Utah public school education hasn't allowed her the faculty to count to 10! If she would have bothered to raise one of her fingers for every person that was there and signed up, she would have quickly realized that she didn't have enough digits to account for every individual present. And she wouldn't even reason with us! So this really starts the aggression and aggravation within me. This was supposed to be the culmination of my weekend, and now it's gone. And to think I planned a date for Sunday night because hockey just happens to come first. Now don't I feel stupid that I didn't plan that date for Saturday night.
On to Sunday and the date. So I planned to meet up with this attractive 27 year old brunette, we'll call her the "MaGirl, down in Salt Lake City at 5:30. I meet her the previous Saturday while down in SLC enjoying the Outdoor Retailer Show and festivities. I had chatted with her a couple of times during the week and we decided to make plans for the weekend. Well about 3:30 I received a text:
"Hey you! I am so sorry I am going to have to postpone dinner. I have not been feeling well all day. I hoped to be better by now, but I am not. I am so sorry."
Well that's just great now isn't it! So I don't even get the decency of a phone call? Just splendid. Granted, she could actually be under the weather and out of it, hence no phone call, but I'm going to go with my first impression on this one. I didn't reply to the text message and shortly received another from her seeing if I had got the first one. That's when the "did I really expect anything to go as planned this weekend" thought came into mind. I'll be extremely surprised if she gets back to me on the dinner raincheck. On the bright side, it did save me from a drive down to Salt Lake City.
Here's to a beautifully disappointing weekend: Adieu.
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