singled out.
literally and figuratively. it has been quite the interesting weekend for my friends and their relationships, and me observing them. like i've mentioned the last couple of entries it is homecoming weekend. it is over i believe now, but it has been quite the fun thing. tons of people came in for the weekend and it was a total blast.
friday night one of my best friends from here got something that she wasn't expecting until christmas, and i had called happening at thanksgiving. she got engaged! yes it is true, mandi mayer is now engaged to brad davidson. i am so happy for them, and it's about time too! it is of course a cute story and an amazing ring, but i won't go into the details because i've heard them enough and i will be hearing them more. i was however a little irritated, because i didn't hear about it until around 11 on saturday and not from mandi or brad. when i saw both of them early in the morning they both thought that i already knew or that the other had told me. silly kids.
saturday was spent at the panther 5k (see last entry), and at the football game (GC won 34-20). that evening i went with mandi and brad and a bunch of his friends from here. we went to applebee's (their tradition), a pumpkin patch (it was raining and cold), and a friend's house in troy (we were there so late and i was so bored/tired). while driving between these locations i was mushed up against the window next to two of brad's friends. while they are nice guys, the next time i'm smushed that close to a guy again, i'd like to be someone who means a lot to me, or is someone i didn't just meet. overall i heard far too much about relationships and made a few decisions. when in troy it ended up being the women in the livingroom, and the men in the kitchen (not doing anything of course), and we ended up talking about engagements, rings, kids, weddings, and all sorts of other things that honestly don't concern me at this point. also, i was the only single woman in that conversation.
today i went to chuch at the greenville fm chuch, and then a group of 11 of us went to six flags st. louis. it was fun and hectic and frusterating and more fun. the drive there was a total nightmare thanks to directions, traffic, and bad attitudes. once we got in the gates it was a total blast. of course by this point i'd realized that i was the odd woman out. why? well, let me just give you a run down of the people who were there. jeff and his friend jordan, christine & jake, mandi & brad, mary & richard, ashley & dom, justin grant, joel bannister, and myself. aside from justin, joel, jeff, jordan, and i everyone was there "with" (actually and almost) someone else. then there's the fact that none of us knew jordan, so he hung out mostly with jeff, and that before we were even halfway to the park justin and joel had paired off. i was nervous about that, and compensated for it by being over the top and outgoing. thankfully, my friends were concious of the fact that i was the odd one out and made sure that i had someone to ride with pretty much all the time. it was only weird a little. by the end of the night it wasn't a big deal, but early on it was interesting to get used to. someday i can go to a theme park with friends and their significant other, and i'll have someone and i won't have to feel awkward at all.
that was my weekend. a lot huh? well, i'm exhausted now, so i'm going to bed.
single me out!
- corrie
friday night one of my best friends from here got something that she wasn't expecting until christmas, and i had called happening at thanksgiving. she got engaged! yes it is true, mandi mayer is now engaged to brad davidson. i am so happy for them, and it's about time too! it is of course a cute story and an amazing ring, but i won't go into the details because i've heard them enough and i will be hearing them more. i was however a little irritated, because i didn't hear about it until around 11 on saturday and not from mandi or brad. when i saw both of them early in the morning they both thought that i already knew or that the other had told me. silly kids.
saturday was spent at the panther 5k (see last entry), and at the football game (GC won 34-20). that evening i went with mandi and brad and a bunch of his friends from here. we went to applebee's (their tradition), a pumpkin patch (it was raining and cold), and a friend's house in troy (we were there so late and i was so bored/tired). while driving between these locations i was mushed up against the window next to two of brad's friends. while they are nice guys, the next time i'm smushed that close to a guy again, i'd like to be someone who means a lot to me, or is someone i didn't just meet. overall i heard far too much about relationships and made a few decisions. when in troy it ended up being the women in the livingroom, and the men in the kitchen (not doing anything of course), and we ended up talking about engagements, rings, kids, weddings, and all sorts of other things that honestly don't concern me at this point. also, i was the only single woman in that conversation.
today i went to chuch at the greenville fm chuch, and then a group of 11 of us went to six flags st. louis. it was fun and hectic and frusterating and more fun. the drive there was a total nightmare thanks to directions, traffic, and bad attitudes. once we got in the gates it was a total blast. of course by this point i'd realized that i was the odd woman out. why? well, let me just give you a run down of the people who were there. jeff and his friend jordan, christine & jake, mandi & brad, mary & richard, ashley & dom, justin grant, joel bannister, and myself. aside from justin, joel, jeff, jordan, and i everyone was there "with" (actually and almost) someone else. then there's the fact that none of us knew jordan, so he hung out mostly with jeff, and that before we were even halfway to the park justin and joel had paired off. i was nervous about that, and compensated for it by being over the top and outgoing. thankfully, my friends were concious of the fact that i was the odd one out and made sure that i had someone to ride with pretty much all the time. it was only weird a little. by the end of the night it wasn't a big deal, but early on it was interesting to get used to. someday i can go to a theme park with friends and their significant other, and i'll have someone and i won't have to feel awkward at all.
that was my weekend. a lot huh? well, i'm exhausted now, so i'm going to bed.
single me out!
- corrie
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