You'd think as long as I've been gone, I would have take at least one exam by now, but no - the first one is on Thursday (Anti-Trust) - how exciting. But for now, it's Saturday morning and I decided that I wanted to take a break and update.
In the last post I mentioned that I had gone to Sunday school at my new church. Now remember I tend to be shy until you get to know me, so jumping into a situation like this on my own was a bit much. However, a few people had called and invited me, so it wasn't like I walked in off the street or anything. So I took the leap into the 20-29 y/0 singles class.
I hate being "the visitor," but everyone was super nice. Yes, I got the same questions over and over, (are you new to the city?, Oh, law school, that must be hard?) but overall it was okay. The class was bigger than I expected - 40 people - and that was considered a small day. Again, I'm okay with that...better opportunity to blend in until I feel more comfortable.
The lesson was really great too and since we're all singles, the teacher was able to make jokes about it and we all thought it was funny cause we're all in the small boat ( does that make sense)? Anyway, after class they all sit together in church and then go out to lunch. Now the Island Girl from 3 years ago would have declined the invite to lunch, taken her incredibly overwhelmed self home and spent the rest of the day recovering from the stress of meeting so many new people at one time. However, the new and improved Island Girl, decided to go and make an effort, and I'm really glad I did.
Anyway, I wasn't there last week because I spent Easter with my family, but I'm going back tomorrow - and I'm actually excited about it!
Now for the funny part of this story.
Outside of school, I know like 3 people in this city - my hair stylist, the lady at the rental office of my apartment, and this guy at the bank. The guy at the bank hasn't been there in awhile so I figured he got a new job. This upset me because he always flirted with me through the drive-thru or during the off times I actually went inside. He was cute so I'd flirt back, but he moved on and going to the bank wasn't as much fun. Fast forward to the day described above....
As I was mingling before class, this girl started telling me that she and her boyfriend has been coming to this church for about 4 months and they really liked it, yada, yada. Then she says, "Let me introduce you to my boyfriend!" (Can we see where this is going?)
So there is Mister Bankman. Now picture Matthew McConaughey turning around and seeing Jennifer Lopez in
The Wedding Planner at the ballroom dancing class. Can you see the expressions? Well that's what happened.
After the initial surprise, he said, "You look familiar. You used to come through X, right? You have the VW convertible?" Okay, I'm used to be recognized for my car, but when I was telling this story to my Dad later, he was like, "Don't let him fool you, he may remember the car, but he was more interested in the person driving." - gotta love my Daddy :)
Nonetheless it was funny and it was nice to actually learn his name, even if there was a girlfriend present - oh my life!
Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!! Catch up with you sometime next week!
