Stuck in a Furrow
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Invading of the Lunchroom
I had lunch and a great conversation today with an old friend.
Ok...not so much of an old friend but an aquantaince. Ok...not really an acquaintance either but the ex-girlfriend of MY ex's best friend. Confused? Me too. And it wasn't REALLY a conversation but rather, well, awkward silence and avoiding eye contact BUT we did have lunch in close proximity so I think that counts!
I was peacefully eating my lunch, oblivious to who was sitting around me. After all, we have so many visitors and guests and volunteers coming and going that our lunch room is always full of strangers. I figured this was just another one of them. Until I caught her eye. I'm sure she recognized me and went to the same great lenghts to not say "hi" as I did. I thought about saying something but couldn't get past "hi". We haven't seen/talked in over 2.5 years and we weren't exactly close before then either. I figured that it would be less awkward to continue eating my lunch in silence.
Maybe it wasn't really her. Maybe it was someone who looked eerily like her. Maybe that knowing, shocked, glance she gave me was because I reminded her of someone.
Maybe I'll have to eat out tomorrow!
Ok...not so much of an old friend but an aquantaince. Ok...not really an acquaintance either but the ex-girlfriend of MY ex's best friend. Confused? Me too. And it wasn't REALLY a conversation but rather, well, awkward silence and avoiding eye contact BUT we did have lunch in close proximity so I think that counts!
I was peacefully eating my lunch, oblivious to who was sitting around me. After all, we have so many visitors and guests and volunteers coming and going that our lunch room is always full of strangers. I figured this was just another one of them. Until I caught her eye. I'm sure she recognized me and went to the same great lenghts to not say "hi" as I did. I thought about saying something but couldn't get past "hi". We haven't seen/talked in over 2.5 years and we weren't exactly close before then either. I figured that it would be less awkward to continue eating my lunch in silence.
Maybe it wasn't really her. Maybe it was someone who looked eerily like her. Maybe that knowing, shocked, glance she gave me was because I reminded her of someone.
Maybe I'll have to eat out tomorrow!
posted by Crystal at 9:37 PM
3 Comments:
Are you talking about the 'screamer'?
I hope you had a book or something so you didn't have to just stare at your sandwich the whole time.
AWKWARD!
Tried to leave a comment yesterday, but it wouldn't let me. How sad is that?! Did you end up seeing her again or did you eat out yesterday?
Miss ya, Crystal!! It's been way too long...will I see ya Sunday?
I ate out and went to Blessings (I needed aChris Tomlin CD) becasue I'm a big chicken!
Of course I will be there on Sunday. I think I'm having small groupie withdrawal!
Now...if I could only figure out how to leave a comment on yours!
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