Today was a pretty good day; I didn’t feel as overwhelmed with school work as I have lately, so I am very thankful for that.
I had lunch with my brother (Jeremiah) and company, and during the conversation I mentioned that I was planning on going to The Tempest, and then Jeremiah asked if I was taking anyone. When I said “no” he said that I should. I argued that I didn’t know any girl well enough to ask, but he said that we didn’t have to be good friends or anything, as long as we knew each other fairly well; it’s not that big of a deal, “Besides…” he said, “Girls like to be asked out.” So anyway, I decided that I’d give it a shot. I already a girl in mind that I wanted to ask, but I didn’t think that I could muster up the courage to ask her; because, like I said, I don’t know her “that” well, but thanks to Jeremiah, I decided that I was going to ask her anyway, and see what happens. Her name is Justine.
I tried to have lunch or dinner with Justine, so that I could catch up with her, and then ask her if she would go to The Tempest with me. Unfortunately, she was busy, so I wasn’t able to arrange it. Anyway, I did get some studying done, but not very much. I had work for several hours in the afternoon. I was working in the Welcome Center, taking names, giving directions, answering phone calls, and writing down the radio conversations. Well actually I didn’t do all those things; I only “helped” do those things, since I’m still in training. I’ll be able to do those things after I get more training, and I know what to do and when to do it.
I went ahead and bought two tickets to The Tempest having faith that I would get someone to go with me.
Today went pretty well, I didn’t get much chance to study on Saturday, because of work, and some other things that I had to deal with, so as a result I had to do quite a bit of studying today in the afternoon, but it wasn’t bad, I got it all done.
I finally built up the courage and asked Justine, if she would go to The Tempest with me. Sadly she declined my offer. I was decimated. I cried myself to sleep the next two nights…. Ok, not really. I was fine. I had prepared myself for her to say “no,” so it didn’t even really surprise me too much. Understandably, I was a tad disappointed though.
By the world’s standards, today would be considered a “very good” day. Since God makes every day the way that He wants it to be, then I can’t say that it was a “good” day, or a “bad” day, because every day is perfect. Though, I can say that today went really well for me. I had three things that were the highlights of my day.
Firstly, I had a quiz in English, and I was a little nervous about that, because English is not my best subject, and I didn’t know how it would go, but my fears were calmed when I first laid eyes on the quiz. It wasn’t nearly as hard as I was expecting it to be, and I feel really confident that I did quite well on it.
Secondly, I had my first freshman speech today. I was nervous about that, because I didn’t have a speech class in high school, so giving a speech is something that I’m not used to. But again, I had prepared well, so I once I got up there I wasn’t nervous, and I did quite well I think. It was a personal experience speech, so I talked about my experience fishing in Alaska this summer.
And lastly, I asked a different girl (Kendra) to The Tempest, and she said “yes.” She, Daniel, and I were having lunch together, when I asked her. Daniel is one of my co-workers; it’s through him actually that I met Kendra. Kendra is Daniel’s best friend, but they aren’t dating or anything, and they aren’t going to date either, they’re just good friends. So, anyway, Daniel and Kendra usually have lunch together, and since Daniel and I are pretty good friends I would eat with them sometimes. So, like I was saying, today was one of those days; Daniel, Kendra, and I were having lunch together, when I asked her. (Even though both Daniel and Kendra had made it clear that they weren’t dating, I still asked Daniel if I he didn’t mind me asking her out. And he was perfectly fine with it.) I really had no idea whether she would say “yes” or “no,” so again I prepared myself to be turned down. When I asked her, she recoiled in shock. Placing her hand on her heart, and took a gasping breath, as if she had just been shot. Baffled her reaction, I didn’t know what to think, so I just sat there, not really doing anything, just looking at her and waiting for her to answer. After she caught her breath, she looked at me again, and said, “Yes.” I was kind of surprised, because after the way she reacted I didn’t really expect that, but I was like, “Ok, great.” And pretty much that’s how it happened. I really don’t know what was going through her mind when I asked her, but maybe that's a good thing.
Just because I asked a girl to go to a show does, _NOT_ mean that we serious. Ok, peoples? ;-)
Timothy Petersen
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