I am flying out tomorrow afternoon to Utah! Yay!
Wait, why am I excited to go to Utah? This will be the second time that I’ve visited since I moved to California. I guess that I’m just really excited to see my old college friends. I really wish that some of them lived closer. I’ve found that, for the 4th (!!!) time in my life, I have to start over and make new friends in an unfamiliar place. You would think that I’d be good at it by now. Think again.
I totally suck at making friends! I am just not good at it at all. When I think about it, I’ve really only been spending my time at 3 places: home, work, and the gym. I just don’t have time for anything else during the week, and on the weekends, I don’t have anyone to go out with so I usually just stay at home or go for a long bike ride. So, I guess I can see why I’m not meeting any new people.
Gone are the days when I sit in a coffee shop and wait for magic to happen, for people to appear out of thin air and strike up a conversation. I guess I’ll have to think of some new ways to meet people.
Anyway, I’m very excited to spend the weekend with old friends.
brandi
November 28th, 2008 at 11:04 am
hey ryan! i hope you had a great thanksgiving!
i would totally strike up conversation with you in a coffee shop! but then again i already know you, and i don’t live in california, so it doesn’t really count does it?
making friends is hard. i’ve never felt particularly good at it either (except when i’m drunk). i don’t even have the same friends now! things change and it’s creepy and weird. i feel old. i don’t know.
i miss our group from high school. but i think it would be weird and awkward if we were ALL put in a room together. that makes me sad. but i like how it’s not weird with you at least. i don’t know why i’m going off. but i just wanted to say hello and wish you a happy thanksgiving. and it’s good to keep up with you through your blog. and i’m weird and this is getting way long.
i miss you ryan abroo!