Pardon?
The scary conclusion upon which I have arrived in my short time here is that I am one of the oldest Ops. Reps., and I am the only one not married. How can this be? Please express to me that this is a strictly Canadian phenomenon of marriage in the late teens! I'm feeling older by the minute...
On the plus side, I have finally cracked the code. I have made friends. Or at least, some fellow TDL guests at this here Ramada Inn have taken pity on my sorrowful case, and invited me to their nightly social events. Tonight, we had dinner. Tomorrow night, we are having ice cream. Wednesday night, I believe there is a casino that we are robbing, or something like that.
You'd have to meet these people.
So far, there is Justin, who I originally thought was cute, but have since discovered that his personality is... Less than ideal. He is partial to bad jokes. He is the "event coordinator" and is very take-charge. He's nice, but a bit overbearing.
And then, I found out that, yes, he is married.
Then there is Kevin. So far, he is my favorite. He is an Indian fellow with a very heavy accent and an awesome sense of humor. He is notorious for using bad pick-up lines on all females in the vicinity. He is very cheap, and proud of it. He is hilarious.
There is Jenn, a future DM in British Columbia. She is very opinionated, which (I don't know if anyone noticed) I am too. But we generally have the same opinions, and so there has been no problem yet. But I don't rule them out for the future. So far, she is nice.
There is Deanna who is much older than us, having been married for 20 years. I get the feeling she spends time with this group because the alternative is to sit in her room alone for 5 weeks. So this is the lesser of 2 evils. But she is not trully engaged in any of the conversations, and spends only enough time to eat dinner and then sneak back to her room to call her husband.
Then there are John and Curtis. John is a friend of Justin's who came tonight to visit. Pretty tame personality, though he sneaks in one-liners when you least expect it, and steals the show. He is quite the conversationalist, likes to ask questions. I don't know much about him, but he seems very interested in learning about me. But don't get any ideas. He is 21. And married.
And there is Curtis, a friend of John's, that just joined us because he happens to live in the area. Finally! Someone who is close to my age and ACTUALLY single. But... Entirely not my type. He is a "cinematographer" and is very interested in famous people simply for the sake of their fame, of which he seems to be very envious. I can only take so much of that attitude.
So, the good news is that I managed NOT to be homesick all evening, but spending it with interesting (unusual) people. They aren't my friends back home. They are a reasonable facimile (if you close one eye and dim the lights). They don't hold a candle to the originals, but they'll do, while I'm here.
On the plus side, I have finally cracked the code. I have made friends. Or at least, some fellow TDL guests at this here Ramada Inn have taken pity on my sorrowful case, and invited me to their nightly social events. Tonight, we had dinner. Tomorrow night, we are having ice cream. Wednesday night, I believe there is a casino that we are robbing, or something like that.
You'd have to meet these people.
So far, there is Justin, who I originally thought was cute, but have since discovered that his personality is... Less than ideal. He is partial to bad jokes. He is the "event coordinator" and is very take-charge. He's nice, but a bit overbearing.
And then, I found out that, yes, he is married.
Then there is Kevin. So far, he is my favorite. He is an Indian fellow with a very heavy accent and an awesome sense of humor. He is notorious for using bad pick-up lines on all females in the vicinity. He is very cheap, and proud of it. He is hilarious.
There is Jenn, a future DM in British Columbia. She is very opinionated, which (I don't know if anyone noticed) I am too. But we generally have the same opinions, and so there has been no problem yet. But I don't rule them out for the future. So far, she is nice.
There is Deanna who is much older than us, having been married for 20 years. I get the feeling she spends time with this group because the alternative is to sit in her room alone for 5 weeks. So this is the lesser of 2 evils. But she is not trully engaged in any of the conversations, and spends only enough time to eat dinner and then sneak back to her room to call her husband.
Then there are John and Curtis. John is a friend of Justin's who came tonight to visit. Pretty tame personality, though he sneaks in one-liners when you least expect it, and steals the show. He is quite the conversationalist, likes to ask questions. I don't know much about him, but he seems very interested in learning about me. But don't get any ideas. He is 21. And married.
And there is Curtis, a friend of John's, that just joined us because he happens to live in the area. Finally! Someone who is close to my age and ACTUALLY single. But... Entirely not my type. He is a "cinematographer" and is very interested in famous people simply for the sake of their fame, of which he seems to be very envious. I can only take so much of that attitude.
So, the good news is that I managed NOT to be homesick all evening, but spending it with interesting (unusual) people. They aren't my friends back home. They are a reasonable facimile (if you close one eye and dim the lights). They don't hold a candle to the originals, but they'll do, while I'm here.
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