It’s snowing hard outside. I’m working from home, sitting on my couch with my laptop, listening to Frank Black and drinking a Diet A&W. I just finished watching the last episode of X-Files. The TV will be off until 24 this evening. I am determined…determined to get my Nextel work done today. I’ve been so preoccupied with girls and sports, that my work has taken a hit in the past week. There’s no use in raising expectations, if I’m not going to meet them—much less exceed them.
But so much is happening outside of work, I’ve got to stop and jot some of it down…
I held my kickball interest meeting two Sundays ago, and almost forty people came and signed the info sheet. I’m continuing to recruit players at the Athletics booth after the Frontline service. I had six more people express interest last night. Of the forty-five or so interested players, seven have officially registered for the team, and about six have told me they won’t be joining. That still leaves about thirty folks, who are undecided. There is a max of 26 players on a team, so I’m hopeful to make at least one complete team. We may end up with enough for two teams.
Prior to the interest meeting, I was contacted by a girl named Kim, who I knew from a church youth group in Arlington I had attended thirteen years ago. She was organizing a Frontline ice skating social and e-mailed me wanting to join the Frontline kickball team. After catching up, I asked her to be the Co-Captain of the team, and she accepted. Since then, I’ve seen her at the kickball interest meeting, as well as her ice skating social this past Saturday night.
Last night, a girl came up to the Athletics booth, and I instantly recognized her as Maureen—the cute girl from my tennis class last fall. She was the one I had wanted to ask out to lunch, etc. She recognized me, and we were both surprised to see each other at Frontline. I told her I was forming a Frontline kickball team, and she said she’d join. We also made plans to get together for a game of tennis at Worldgate sometime soon. Aside: Maureen has now shot to the top of my “potential date list.” She’s cute, is a Christian, plays tennis, and wants to play kickball. I swear, if she tells me she reads comics, I’m going to ask her to marry me immediately.
I’ve decided that if I hang out with the 19-year-old girl from the bank again, it will solely be to invite her to play tennis with me in South Riding, or to come to Frontline. I just don’t think I could hang out regularly with someone who isn’t old enough to drink. Plus, I don’t want to be creepy.
As of Sunday morning, I am a member of the Worldgate Sport & Health Club in Herndon. I get 25% off the membership price, because I work at Nextel. I’ve also made arrangements with the tennis director to get a 3-for-2 deal on tennis classes. That means, I will sign up for the Tuesday and Thursday classes, and get the Sunday morning class free. I plan on playing tennis three times a week during March. It will be a crash course in getting fit for the Spring. Kickball starts in April, so we’ll see when I can play tennis then.
Now, I simply have to concentrate on work. Go to my tennis classes. Continue recruiting for the Frontline kickball team. And try to hang out with Maureen (and other potentials). I gotta keep it simple, or I’ll become overwhelmed by everything.
