For those of you who have not been keeping track, I am fast
approaching my eighth anniversary at my current place of employment. In all
that time, I've met quite a few people and a number of them have become
workplace buddies. Some have given me rides home and a few have taken to
trusting me with their personal issues which is nice and all, but in
all this time, I had yet to take that next step with anybody where I got
invited out with them. Y'know...to be real friends and not just the
workplace kind. Don't get me wrong, I've received the casual invite of
"Oh, we should (definitely) hang out some time", but no one has ever
followed through on it.
The Security Guard has taken a liking to me over the past half year or so. He's given
me rides home and he'll speak with me frequently at work. So far,
everything's typical. He's suggested that I go out with him and his
friends, but nothing ever came of that except for one that got cancelled
last minute (which is also, unfortunately, all too typical as well).
But he did come through with this past Sunday's Super Bowl (am I
"allowed" to use that here, NBC? or must I say "Big Game"? Ugh...). I
had to get up several hours early, but Security Guard and his wife took me to meet
his family and dogs. I had a good time overall. The
dogs liked me (small dogs, don't know the breeds). I
even rode a quad with his brother on a frozen lake. I'm not gonna get
into details, cuz like my times at college, so much of it was
contextual and you-had-to-be-there type stuff. His family is a lot of
fun and very welcoming. My favorite was his mother, who comes across as
quiet and demure, but will throw a line in (delivered calmly too) that
does the mental equivalent of the needle sliding across the record
(dated reference ehv-rih-BAAAH-day!).
The food was good and the game was actually engaging for a non-football
watcher (I know the basic rules and scoring system, but that's about
it). He's definitely interested in having me come to additional
gatherings. My skepticism is still up...it has to be, but I look forward
to its weakening.
p.s. The reason Shortii doesn't count is
because of a technicality. While, yes, we have hung out...we never did
so until after she quit.
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