A Surprise
I had really meant to post this so much sooner but alas, time and work fight against me in a constant battle.
Four days ago was my birthday. Being a Monday I went in with my normal 8-6 shift doing payroll. 99% of it was done on Sunday before all the madness began. The day went off without too much of a hitch. I was quite excited as I was going to go down and see Megan K for the first time time in 4 years. Hell it's probably the first time I've mentioned her name in here for years too.
So I got home in anticipation of her call, where and when we'd exactly do something and...she had disappointing news. Alas, as she was only down for the day, events and time conspired against her where she didn't have much time and that by the time I would get down there it would be time for me to head right back. Disappointed, I resigned myself to another night of just surfing the Internet and reading my blogs. Even on my birthday. I tried calling a few friends but to no avail.
A few hours later I get a call from Caitlin wishing me a happy birthday as for some reason it popped into her head randomly and she felt she should call. She asked me what I was up to and when I told her nothing at all, you could hear the sadness in her voice. Not sad in a "I pity you, you poor thing" way just "awww" sorta way. I told her it was no big deal as well I'm sorta getting used to important days and holidays without friends. It's been the rule not the exception. We then talked about her and Mitch, different things going on, and me chuckling since I saw coincidences and things that resembled a completely different couple. Even down to the words they used were similar. Especially since I think that these two girls are so similar already I found it humorous yet gave her serious advice. I can mentally multi-task like that. :P
After talking for a bit, I resigned myself that for my birthday I would be hanging out with my parents. I went downstairs and got the song and cupcakes. Also a nice gift. :) I went back upstairs after the talk started getting into talking about my career again which I didn't need to hear right then and there. I look down as I hear my cell phone ring. I figure someone's calling me back saying "happy birthday" or "sorry it's too late to do anything". I answer and to my surprise it's Caitlin: "If you were to eat a cake for your birthday, what kind of cake would you want?" I answer in a rye way playing along cuz something smells fishy here...
15 minutes later I get a call from Mitch telling me to not make any plans. I'm like "Uh, don't have any."
An hour later, Mitch is knocking on my door with Caitlin and his sister. With a cake. And candles. They set up cake and 22 candles on the cake. They all sing me happy birthday and as I blow out the cake I wish the same wish I've wished for...ha...6 years now. Still hasn't come true...
I'm brought out of that line of thinking as I notice that Mitch takes a picture of me "blowing out the candles" way too late and that all he got was smoke leaving the candles. lol Just like Mitch. Then we sat and talked for an hour or two and we were getting loud so we moved outside and just stood out in the driveway for a while until we all just sat down. We talked, laughed, and shared stories for a good couple hours. Mitch's sister went home for the night and Mitch and Caitlin were ready to go home until I roped them into going to Denny's to talk some more and well...eat too!
We went into Denny's and as we sat down they both got hungry while looking at the menu. Go figure as that's how it usually happens. Everyone protests and goes "oh no no I'm not hungry....oooh look at that! that looks good!" hehe We talked about life, school, and dating and how many relationships we've all had and the interesting characters that have populated those relationships between the 3 of us. Learned a lot about the both of them that night. Things that sorta make more sense with the context of what I learned that night.
But that's not the important part. The best part? Two people who I considered decent friends came through on a day where I was starting to get bummed out and feeling down on myself. They brightened up my day and made me feel worth a damn. People I've only truly known really well for 8 months. For so many others it's taken years and years of friendship for me to open up. I became a lead in January and I feel a part of a close knit group and damn close to them. Mind you I haven't told them everything, yet unlike so many other times I feel no obligation or feel like I have to explain myself through telling my life story. It just comes out naturally when it needs to, just like normal everyday people do. They don't tell their life story the first day you meet them. I still have lots of intriguing moments and things they don't know about me yet but if they care to know, they'll probably find out.
Overall I felt loved. Cared for. Worth a damn. Important on a person to person level not just position.
Something I can't say I feel everday sadly.
It was wonderful and made my day so wonderful as well.
tomjoad
Four days ago was my birthday. Being a Monday I went in with my normal 8-6 shift doing payroll. 99% of it was done on Sunday before all the madness began. The day went off without too much of a hitch. I was quite excited as I was going to go down and see Megan K for the first time time in 4 years. Hell it's probably the first time I've mentioned her name in here for years too.
So I got home in anticipation of her call, where and when we'd exactly do something and...she had disappointing news. Alas, as she was only down for the day, events and time conspired against her where she didn't have much time and that by the time I would get down there it would be time for me to head right back. Disappointed, I resigned myself to another night of just surfing the Internet and reading my blogs. Even on my birthday. I tried calling a few friends but to no avail.
A few hours later I get a call from Caitlin wishing me a happy birthday as for some reason it popped into her head randomly and she felt she should call. She asked me what I was up to and when I told her nothing at all, you could hear the sadness in her voice. Not sad in a "I pity you, you poor thing" way just "awww" sorta way. I told her it was no big deal as well I'm sorta getting used to important days and holidays without friends. It's been the rule not the exception. We then talked about her and Mitch, different things going on, and me chuckling since I saw coincidences and things that resembled a completely different couple. Even down to the words they used were similar. Especially since I think that these two girls are so similar already I found it humorous yet gave her serious advice. I can mentally multi-task like that. :P
After talking for a bit, I resigned myself that for my birthday I would be hanging out with my parents. I went downstairs and got the song and cupcakes. Also a nice gift. :) I went back upstairs after the talk started getting into talking about my career again which I didn't need to hear right then and there. I look down as I hear my cell phone ring. I figure someone's calling me back saying "happy birthday" or "sorry it's too late to do anything". I answer and to my surprise it's Caitlin: "If you were to eat a cake for your birthday, what kind of cake would you want?" I answer in a rye way playing along cuz something smells fishy here...
15 minutes later I get a call from Mitch telling me to not make any plans. I'm like "Uh, don't have any."
An hour later, Mitch is knocking on my door with Caitlin and his sister. With a cake. And candles. They set up cake and 22 candles on the cake. They all sing me happy birthday and as I blow out the cake I wish the same wish I've wished for...ha...6 years now. Still hasn't come true...
I'm brought out of that line of thinking as I notice that Mitch takes a picture of me "blowing out the candles" way too late and that all he got was smoke leaving the candles. lol Just like Mitch. Then we sat and talked for an hour or two and we were getting loud so we moved outside and just stood out in the driveway for a while until we all just sat down. We talked, laughed, and shared stories for a good couple hours. Mitch's sister went home for the night and Mitch and Caitlin were ready to go home until I roped them into going to Denny's to talk some more and well...eat too!
We went into Denny's and as we sat down they both got hungry while looking at the menu. Go figure as that's how it usually happens. Everyone protests and goes "oh no no I'm not hungry....oooh look at that! that looks good!" hehe We talked about life, school, and dating and how many relationships we've all had and the interesting characters that have populated those relationships between the 3 of us. Learned a lot about the both of them that night. Things that sorta make more sense with the context of what I learned that night.
But that's not the important part. The best part? Two people who I considered decent friends came through on a day where I was starting to get bummed out and feeling down on myself. They brightened up my day and made me feel worth a damn. People I've only truly known really well for 8 months. For so many others it's taken years and years of friendship for me to open up. I became a lead in January and I feel a part of a close knit group and damn close to them. Mind you I haven't told them everything, yet unlike so many other times I feel no obligation or feel like I have to explain myself through telling my life story. It just comes out naturally when it needs to, just like normal everyday people do. They don't tell their life story the first day you meet them. I still have lots of intriguing moments and things they don't know about me yet but if they care to know, they'll probably find out.
Overall I felt loved. Cared for. Worth a damn. Important on a person to person level not just position.
Something I can't say I feel everday sadly.
It was wonderful and made my day so wonderful as well.
tomjoad