Every time when I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone
It went by, like dusk to dawn
Isn’t that the way
Everybody’s got the dues in life to pay
Let me tell you about how my Tuesday went down. It’s shopping day, but this one was going to be special. Roan was coming with me. After the groceries were bought and paid for the driver and my helper would take them home. Meanwhile, Roan and I would head over to the Harbor Point mall and get our heads examined. Well, our eyes anyway. I figured we’d do a little shopping after that, then go for some lunch at my favorite Korean restaurant, Seoul. Alas, she stood me up. She didn’t respond to any of my messages, and when I went by her place at the appointed hour, she wasn’t outside waiting. She messaged me last night with an apology saying her failure to show wasn’t about me but offering no real explanation as to what happened. Lesson learned, don’t try and take a bar “relationship” out of the bar. Still, it was quite disappointing.
I brooded at home the rest of the morning and into the afternoon, then it was time to head out for darts. My goal was to just keep it fun, and it turns out that I threw better than I have in quite some time. Maybe there is some correlation between those things.
After the tournament, I visited The Pub for a little nourishment. Kept it simple with a Philly cheesesteak sandwich.
Did a nightcap at Outback then headed on home to my boys.
So, if yesterday qualifies as a bad day, I’m pretty damn lucky, don’t you think?
Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me, if it’s just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
Dream on
Dream on
Dream on
Dream until your dreams come true
“She messaged me last night with an apology saying her failure to show wasn’t about me but offering no real explanation as to what happened. Lesson learned, don’t try and take a bar “relationship” out of the bar. Still, it was quite disappointing.”
Yeah, if you can’t get past basic reliability issues, she’s not worth the effort. I’d give you my standard “seek a better quality of woman” spiel, but I get that this was supposed to be more of a lark than anything serious (right?). And Roan doesn’t seem like the actively malicious sort; she’s probably just a bit flaky, the way a lot of the local females seem to be. Slight disappointment, but no big loss.
Yeah, I stopped into the bar last night to get the lowdown. She’s the head waitress and apparently, there was some kind of revolt amongst some of the staff, and people were fired. She spent the night at a friend’s house and apparently slept through my messages. Still no excuse for not canceling the night before in my opinion though. She apologized again and I let it go. As you correctly note, it wasn’t really a courtship effort–I was charitably paying for an eye exam and hoping to get a lunch companion in exchange. Moving on is no big deal in this case.