Ever since I decided to come out of hiding, I’ve been BUSY! I didn’t think that it would take off this quickly but it did.
My “English Conversation Club,” is doing brilliantly. There are 12 of us and we get along really well. It gets noisy at times but the morning meeting is like having breakfast with friends. However, it is an enthusiastic group so when I got back yesterday, I needed to go hide in the fields. I needed my peace and the fields, as usual, did a wonderful job of offering me what I was looking for. It is cold here so there was no one out and about and I was the only one out there but after the noise of the group, it was a welcome change.
The weekend was a good one. I usually spend it quietly but a girlfriend called and we headed out to Frankfurt. It is a business district and crowded but it was fine, meaning I didn’t freak out! We found a nice Vietnamese restaurant serving authentic local dishes. It was pretty small but jam-packed and it delivered. The food was delicious, the service was great, and the atmosphere cozy.
Then we decided to go thrifting! The girlfriend knew plenty of places and we headed to a few of them. The first two were cheap and she loaded up on things. I found a beautiful windchime, new and unused. The cost was next to nothing and I was happy with my find. The next place we hit was like paradise to me. It offered high-end goods and I found a beautiful Christmas window decoration. It looks gorgeous in my window and it lights up so I can’t wait to see it in full display as November comes to an end. All in all, my weekend was great and I was no longer confined within the four walls of my home. What happened to the recluse? Well, this is just the beginning so let’s see where this leads.
What else? I met a guy for coffee. He seemed nice enough. After coffee, he suggested we go for a walk. I didn’t know he had left his dog in the car while having coffee with me. I’m not a dog fan and told him so but he said, Julia, his dog is a sweetheart. Guess what? She loved me! A little miniature Greyhound looking thing but sweet. She rubbed up against me but I was cautious. We walked for a while and that was it. That was last week and since then he has been calling and asking for another date.
The problem, there is another guy! What? We know each other well and we’ve been doing this “dance” of should we or shouldn’t we for a long time now? We click on so many levels and recently he wants to try again. The reason? There were others, other women but to make it short he said, “You are the one.”
We’ll meet up this week, spend some time together and see where it leads.
It has been a head-spinning week for a recluse! I’m smack-dab in the middle of life again BUT it feels good as well and that is the important part.
Have an amazing day.
