I'm a little down tonight, which is odd considering I made a pretty strong connection with a lady last night. But, that may be why. Yesterday it felt so nice to be with a lady and to talk for hours and laugh and share about our lives...and today, I'm back to being with me. I feel alone tonight... just me and my camera. Anyway, this lady is from church and for months she's been acting like a deer in headlights around me. I couldn't decide whether she just couldn't give a crap about me or whether she liked and was just kind of shy. Yesterday we were in a group before choir practice (she sings in the choir with me) and the others just left and we were standing there staring at each other. I said "you look scared" and she took a deep breath and said "do you play any musical instruments?" We both started laughing and talked for about 20 minutes. That evening I decided to go to the Pastor's for his dinner and campfire meeting. He lives outside the city, which takes me half an hour to get to but for the others in the church it takes one hour. When I arrived she had just arrived too...I didn't know she was coming and she doesn't have a car. Apparently my 82 year old friend Agnes had driven her. We spent two hours together until she had to leave my side and go lead the sing song and play guitar. We had this interesting bit of diologue over dinner. Her: Whatis, do you have any vices? Me: Vices? Her: Yeah, is there anything you do that you're not supposed to do? Me: Not really. I don't drink or smoke but I do drink too much caffeine. Her: Well, you have one more now. Me: What would that be? Her: You spend your whole evening talking to one lady. Me: That's a vice? Her: Could be (as she giggles) Me: I don't see you running away.
Anyway, I also discovered that she's twenty years younger than me...that I didn't know either! She also worked in Hong Kong and therefore we both had a great time throwing Cantonese words and phrases back and forth and laughing...and neither of us is Chinese. Others just stared as she told them how good my Cantonese was...yeah right lol! It was such a lovely evening and I really like her, she's sweet, pretty, funny, outgoing, and she's a conqueror...she looks at her fears and takes them on. That's a kick ass lady who doesn't need any man to take care of her...and she's a life long Adventist. Anyway, I don't know where this goes...maybe nowhere but it was such a fun night. This is a small church and I sure don't wanna crap where I live!
