First off, the people at our table for the wedding consisted of me and Nancy for about an hour and a half till the librarian and her husband showed. The nurse and her husband never came and neither did the Alicia Jimenez family. As you can see, there were zero single guys at our table. The one person that both Nancy and I looked at twice had a girlfriend. So we left after dinner and 30 minutes of dancing to go to another party.
Let me preface this by saying that it was Nancy's friend Sal's 30th birthday party that same night and I wasn't looking forward to going to that either. It's always a little weird to show up at a party where you've only met the birthday celebrant once and that was at Wolverine's midnight showing. Since then, this Sal has invited me to field level Dodger seats (I said hell no to that one), movies, etc all through Nancy. I was fully expecting some Nancy like matchmaking to happen. And of course, she tried by making me dance with him and having me sit next to him and such. He was super nice, a good dancer and fairly attractive, but no spark.
Yes, I'm judgemental, but it's there or it's not, that's all. Imagine my surprise (and Nancy's!) when I started paying less attention to Sal and his attention turned to her. We were just hanging out when this guy comes over and he seems oddly familiar. Turns out he's Sal's high school friend named Tony. It was really dark in the backyard so it was hard to tell what he really looked like, but he was tall, had glasses, clean cut and dressed preppy. What freaked me out was his voice and mannerisms were kinda like Dave's. Except that he was Mexican (but really a huero) and liked sports. Which sounds like a good fit for me right?
He was really interesting and we spent a lot of the night talking and getting to know each other until his semi drunk friend came over and started talking about the Chargers and how he'd been a fan since 1995 and didn't like bandwagoners blah blah blah. At one point, Tony asked me for my contact info for his friend who was an ex-teacher. While all of this was going on, I was being a bad sister and not realizing that Sal was groping Nancy and she was ready to go. Eventually we got out to my car but both Sal and Tony walked out there with us.
Now this should be the point where I say Nancy and I arranged a double date with them for this weekend or some other corny shit like that. But no, we decided on an improved signaling system to keep boys away from us more efficiently instead. Sal was too much like her brother and Tony was too much like Dave.Sal also thinks I'm too cool for Tony and that he'd find someone better for me.
And this is why Nancy and Emma are the single girls even though everyone thinks we're cute, fun, charming girls who deserve boyfriends but apparently are way too picky for our own good.
Revision: I wrote the bottom part of this post about 20 minutes before the other teacher, aka the only other person on my team, called me to tell me she was quitting. I don't know what this means for me. The job that she and I do is enough work for a team of six people, but we don't have the resources for that so instead we work nonstop trying to meet our deadlines and make it happen. I know I can handle this job. It's just that it's become even more of a challenge now.
So I've decided to tell my family about my new job. It's inevitable and I've already lied to them for a year. Plus, I'm really starting to like my new job. Most of the time, I work on my own projects and get to make my own schedule, which is ideal. The work itself isn't super interesting, but it's new and in that sense, exciting. Plus, it's nice to know I have a regular income, as opposed to getting called in when needed (subbing) or showing up at places with no students (tutoring). I'm regaining a sense of control in my life, and for that, I'm thankful.
In other news, I have my first 2009 wedding to go to next weekend. It's one of my teacher friends and instead of sitting with the rest of our (coupled) friends, she's sitting me and Nancy with the single guys. I don't know if this is brilliant or a recipe for disaster, but whatever, we shall see how that event unfolds...
I saw this video online and had a really strong urge to get married...to someone who would not only approve, but participate in this spectacle =D
