Actually got to spend some time in Newport this weekend - just chillin' And that's what I did. I was basically a coach potato all weekend. Sure it was free yoga weekend so I did a yoga and pilates class and can feel my abs for the first time in weeks but other than that . . .
My favorite point of the weekend was walking down Thames Street and running into my Newport friend Charles. He is the Special Events Mgr at the Int'l Tennis Hall of Fame and sought me out on Facebook. We had drinks my first week in town to get to know each other as we'll be working together closely once the Casino Theatre gets up and running. I like him -- he's funny and seems really nice. It feels like a really small town when you see the one person you know dropping off his laundry on a Saturday afternoon.
But then I went home and crashed. That Tom Stoppard - he's like a sleeping pill, man -- and I had my phone off because I'm ducking calls from my old landlord (she called me at 7AM the other day -- I mean, really??). I thought Charles was going to email me about a planned dinner party at his place -- this was supposed to happen last weekend and was cancelled via Facebook and when I saw him at 2pm he didn't say anything about it so I thought it might not happen again. I checked my email at 5:30 and saw nothing so settled in for my Stoppard induced coma. When I woke up a little before 7 I saw that Charles had actually texted me at 5 with his address and a time. Oops! It's now 7 and I haven't showered and I'm in one of those moods I get when it's dark and cold and I'm tired and lonely -- oh, yea, it's called self-pity. So, I texted him back and cancelled.
I know I should've gone and I hope it won't be my only opportunity to hang out with him and meet other local folks. Sometimes my only-child I want to be alone tendencies are detrimental to my social life but I've been so busy since I got here -- working, working, working that on my one free night I just wanted to hang in. I'm not sure why I feel so guilty about that.
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