Anyone who has read more than three of my blogs knows that I am not a patient person. When you add to that lovely brew a pretty wide stubborn streak, I am sometimes accused of being unreasonable. Not that I would agree, of course.
Earlier this week ( three days ago) I had asked a person who probably doesn't want me to use his name if he wanted to go to the movies. On Tuesday a movie is only five dollars, and frankly I wanted the popcorn more than the movie. There isn't a movie playing right now that is worth eight dollars for me to see. So anyway, he doesn't want to go on Tuesday. He counter offers with Thursday. I said no thanks, for the earlier reason. How about if we just grab a dvd and eat popcorn at your house, I suggested. Well, that didn't suit him because he had some errands to run and I'm sure he had some other reason that I am unaware of at this time.
Fast forward to today. Friday. We got three inches of snow last night, the sky is grey and mostly I would just want to watch a movie at home. I have access to hundreds of them from my store. It's Friday and this is Lent. So I'm thinking a grilled cheese sandwich, bowl of tomato soup and a dvd, right? No sense in getting out in the slop, easy peasy, what can go wrong?
Well for some reason, he doesn't want to go to his house and watch a movie, he wants to go out. In the slop, fighting crowds, to over pay for a movie and eat a meal that I can't enjoy.
I try to be accommodating, I really do. I mostly stifle my impatience with people. Since I work with the public, I don't have much of a choice. But I don't think that I am wrong about this. And when I think that I am right, I dig in.
If I do go, I won't enjoy myself. I'll be cranky and snippy and why would I do that to someone else? I genuinely like this guy, or at least I did before all of this crap. Maybe there is something going on with him that I don't know about. I don't expect to be the center of every one's universe, but I don't think asking for a quiet, simple night out is all that terrible either. Who knows?
Turns out that I am staying home tonight. I have a book I, Judas by Taylor Caldwell and Jess Stearn that I have been reading. I'll make my grilled cheese and mutter to myself for the better part of the evening. I will probably not answer my phone later, and I'll be in a bad mood tomorrow no doubt.
I have reconsidered, but I am not changing my mind. There are some days when I just want to stay away from people. This looks like one of those days. So avoid me today and tomorrow. You'll thank me later.
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