[today] beach! And odd shopping experience

[wispfox]

I'm not sure if being awake at 7:30am on a Saturday is _good_, but it does at least beat being unable to get up in the morning. As long as I do my best to rest, I think I've got whatever the hell it was beat.

There is a fairly quiet beach ~15 minutes from my place. This makes me happy. The larger of the two sections - the one with lifeguards - costs, as I'm not a Willmington resident. The smaller of the two - which I saw on the way out - seems to be free. Yes, I wore sunscreen. I am not aware of any burns, and I didn't stay out for more than 1.5 hours. Swimming was odd, since the deepest that is permitted isn't over my head, and I can't see without my glasses, but it was still good. And sun! And book!

Going grocery shopping in summer when I am both hungry and thirst results in... lots of fruit. And veggies, too. And more hummus, since I finished mine (as well as some chick peas, as I intend to try my hand at making hummus). Also, IBC cherry soda. Mostly because I could, and rarely drink soda.

Grocery shopping is _NOT_ where I expect people to try to pick me up. I will admit, I was still wearing my bikini top from swimming, but _still_! On the plus side, I really am much better at small talk, even if I don't like it very much. And, had said person stopped with a compliment, it'd have been fine. Ah, well. Entertainment at the grocery store!

Not terribly hungry, which is amusing, since I was starving when I left the beach, and I just made myself a salad. But, since I know I tend to not be hungry enough when warm and when I just went swimming, I eat my salad anyway.

Cheerful, but tired. It's a reasonable state to be in. Now if I could just find goggles that went _over_ my glasses, I'd be more than just slightly physically tired, too! Mmm. Swimming. And sun! (and no burning)

Comments

[jim-p.livejournal.com]

Grocery shopping is _NOT_ where I expect people to try to pick me up.

Hey, didn't you get the memo? Supermarkets and laundromats are supposed to be prime pickup spots... at least that's what a lot of folks seem to think. Nobody's ever tried to pick me up though... maybe a bikini top would help? ;)

As you can see, I too ended up missing Baitcon. Didn't want to drive alone, Friday ended up getting completely taken with work, and nobody seemed to be going down Saturday.

Would you perhaps be social enough to hang out sometime this weekend?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Weekend: Social enough, probably not, partly as I have nearly no ability to read you (IIRC). However, it doesn't matter. Call at 8 tonight, until probably when I go to sleep, then hanging out with brynndragon tomorrow.

[jim-p.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. I hear you on the "reading" bit... I've had to deal with a lot of that in my life myself. I'm actually an Aspie myself and I've had to explicitly learn the sort of things that come naturally for others. I'm okay at it but not great...

One consequence of this is that I'm more likely to tell people where I'm coming from rather than assuming they can figure it out for themselves.

Catch you next week!

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Reading: I can, now, read some people, ever. I appear to need either at least a reasonable ability to read someone or any ability at all and ability to trust that they will speak up. (I also tend to prefer to be able to trust that they can read me, since I frequently go incoherent)

I don't think I've spent enough time with you to have any idea if I can ever read you or not, though.

I shall attempt to remember to ping you for lunch ~noon (which is when I tend to go). I shall also make a note to one of the others to try to remember. :)