10/29/2011

Realizations made while learning a lesson in ice-skating punctuality.

Yes, I know.  Another skating story.  And yes, I went skating two days in a row.  What can I say? I love ice-skating! So, this time I went two of my friends. Let's call them C, and A.  No, these aren't the friends that I went with yesterday.  These are two friends from my school. 

Anyway, ice-skating starts at 7:00, and goes until 9:00.  C was supposed to be at the rec center by 6:30, and A and I were supposed to be there around 7:00.  Well, A texted me, thus using up my second to last text,  about 6:30, telling me that he was running late. Well, I didn't really mind, thinking he'd be about 10-15 minutes late.  Little did I know.....

So.  I got there right at 7:00, expecting to see C waiting in the lobby of the rec center.  Did I? No.  I put my skates on, and went out to the rink, expecting to see her soon.  She got there around 7:10 --  later than I expected, but I was fine with it.  We started skating.  I showed her my sliding trick from yesterday -- she thought it was awesome.  From time to time, I'd look out the rink doors to see if A had arrived yet.  No such luck. 

Well, he called me around 7:45, and said that he'd be there in a couple of minutes.  Was he? No.  No, actually, he didn't show up until around 8:15.  By this point, I was extremely frustrated.  C and I were sooo mad, we said we'd "kill" him on Monday -- translation: be really mad, but forgive pretty soon.  I was so mad, that I'd decided he was now below my notice.   At 8:15, I decided to call him.  Right as I was about to leave a message, he walked into the rink.  I decided to still leave him a message, but I yelled as loud as I could so he'd hear.  We ended up having a great time, but it wasn't as good as it could've been.

Lesson 1: BE PUNCTUAL!!!
Lesson 2: DON'T GET LOST!!
Lesson 3: IF YOU DO GET LOST, CALL, AND ASK FOR DIRECTIONS!!!

So, now for the realizations.  Well....lets just say I used to like A, and he used to like me.  Back when we first realized this, C's sister got really mad at me for liking him -- she thought he was a liar and a jerk.  He had lied to her about at least one thing, but I thought he was pretty cute, and so I kinda chose to ignore the not-so-good things about him.

Tonight, while I was skating, before he got there, it kinda made me wonder why I liked him in the first place.  I mean, I'd gotten so frustrated with him because of certain things, but for some reason it didn't seem to matter, just because he liked me.  So, tonight, I realized that just because someone's cute, doesn't mean they're the best person to like.  I also realized that people don't change - if they do something annoying, they'll probably still do it.  Thus, it's not worth ignoring those things -- eventually you'll get fed up. 

So, despite all this, I still kept thinking back to how things used to me when A and I liked each other.  Because of this, I was kinda down, and C decided to give me some advice.  She said that A was definitely not the one for me, and so I should basically stop thinking about things.  Not her exact words, but what I got out of it.  And I have to agree.  Besides, I've met this awesome guy (M), who seems to be much more reliable, not likely to lie, and who I know really, really likes me! :)

So, yeah -- sorry for the randomness and incoherent-ness of this -- I just wanted to get my thoughts out.  Well, thats My Crazy Life.  :)

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