- Becky was able to smuggle me into her gym this morning! Had a lovely 30-minute workout on the elliptical and then did my stretches. Would not have gotten to work out otherwise today because my gym is closed for the holiday.
- Thanksgiving dinner with my friends and family. I think this is my first Thanksgiving spent with friends in addition to family. It was nice to have that mix of people, and the food was excellent, and the wine superb.
- Ray from my department was nice and paid for breakfast this morning. My Dad and I had met him at the truck stop, and the food was really good there. I said I thought I should get it because I owed him coffee, but he insisted because he said my Dad had driven all this way to be here, and I was a poor college student. Lol.
Ray was unable to join our Thanksgiving dinner because he has a severe cat allergy, so we made him up a plate with some of everything, and a second plate with some of each dessert, and some of Fred's rolls. He just stopped by my apartment to pick it up, and he was really happy that we had brought him some of the feast.
Today's reflection:
Today I fully realized something. Fred is a really, really, really great guy. Not only is he courteous, respectful, and generous, but he went out of his way to tailor the Thanksgiving feast so that I would enjoy it. He did homemade cranberry sauce because I had mentioned to him that I really liked it and didn't like the canned variety (it was soooo delicious). I told him that my favorite part of the meal was the rolls, so he made these heavenly rolls that were SO GOOD that I brought home 5 of them. Then we were talking about wines, and he remembered the type of wine that I prefer (sweet, but not too sweet). Then he was able to recommend which wine I should drink, and it was seriously the perfect amount of sweet.
He must really like me. When I met his Dad today, he said that he had heard lots about me already. I was kind of surprised at this. Then his Dad seemed to like me as well and invited me over for dinner the next time Becky came over.
What I realized is that he really likes me, and he's a great guy, but I just don't feel the same way. I'm Robin to his Ted. Katniss to his Peeta.
This quote from Catching Fire sums it up quite well:
Haymitch, to Katniss: You could live 100 years and never deserve that boy.
Katniss: I know.
I know that I will never deserve him, so I don't want to take advantage of him. But at the same time, it's nice to be treated well. I haven't been treated well be many people in my life. I'm thankful that someone cares about me enough to treat me that well.
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