OH YEAH
Last Saturday afternoon I was going to drive some of my suitemates out to Wal-mart. I'd just gotten back from a cook-out at Will and Tess' and so I went to ask Amory and Kim (my suitemates) when they wanted to go. There was a guy there in their room at the time, so I just kinda stood there and waiting for them to finish their conversation... not thinking anything else of it I went on my merry way....
Well, Amory and Kim went over to hang out at this guy's house that night and he was talking to Amory at some point...
He said, "You know that girl that was outside of your room this afternoon... Her name is Stefie Bartley, right?"
Amory replied, "Yeah... how'd you know that?"
"I thought so.... We went to 2nd Presbyterian Preschool together. My mom and I talk occasionally and are like 'I wonder whatever happened to that Stefie girl you hung out with in preschool'"
How crazy is that!?!?! I was 3 at the time... This guy's name is Andrew Densmore. We were BEST FRIENDS at this preschool... in fact, I'm pretty sure that he was basically the only person I actually interacted with there. We did everything, in and out of school together... but only for the year we were there... We lived in different parts of Roanoke County and so would go on our merry ways for the next 18 years in our respective public schools and just wonder whatever happened to the other person (my mom and I have had those conversations just like Drew and his mom along the years)
And after all these years.... growing up and everything... we both end up at Virginia Tech, and here during summer school nonetheless... He recognized me (which is just unheard of... I guess I just have a unique appearance or something)
I'm actually looking forward to getting to talk to him (no, I haven't seen him since that afternoon when he recognized me and I didn't recognize him) and seeing what all he's done in the past 18 years... maybe we still have 'best-friend' potential... I dunno... we'll see. :)
Saturday, June 05, 2004
A Little less than a month later...
Prompted by a combination of Robbie's addition to my list of things to work on (seen in the comment section to that post)and also by the block of time I have this weekend, I decided to update ya'll on where I stand on my list and other stuff.
1. I definitely have improved on this one, though I'm not sure if its really due to any effort put forth on my parth. Rather, I think that being back in Virginia has helped a lot, as well as some of the people I've met here at summer school and have been hanging out with.
2. I think I've done a good job with this one. Though once again, I haven't had many opportunities for me to assess my improvements in this area.
3. I don't think I've been complaining much... Although when I tell people what classes I happen to be taking this semester, they seem to feel bad for me... I kinda figured this would happen, so I don't tell people unless they ask. I'm also doing a little better on not having to have something in every conversation to relate to...
4. yes, I am eating better than I had been the last few weeks at GE and at home... However, I've not been doing very well on the going to the gym part of this goal. My classes do keep me very occupied during the weekdays/nights, so I spend most of my day either in class or in my room doing homework or studying so I don't have much time to fit in going to McComas during their hours. I did go to the gym one day last week as well as ride my bike on another day.
5. Maitaining same status as when I made the post. I suppose that today would be day 115 of 400.
6. No real opportunity to see how I'm doing on this one so far this summer...
7. Well, I'm posting now... so I suppose that counts for something. As I mentioned earlier in this post, my classes keep me pretty busy during the week so I haven't had much time for doing much of anything 'fun' or stuff like that... except on the weekend.
The other day, I came to the conclusion that I'm not naturally very sociable. I don't do simple things to interact with other people very often... for example, I'm walking across campus and I pass someone I know. They kindly say, "Hey Stefie! How are you doing?" To which I reply, almost rudely but by no malicious intent by any means, "Fine." Then I continue walking. Now, if I had possessed the normal social skills many human beings possess, I most likely would have instead replied to their question, "I'm doing fine... Thank you. And How are you, [insert person's name here]?"
Another example... I have my car here this summer and so on the weekends I can park very convieniently behind my dorm. Say I'm driving over to Wendy's to pick up some lunch. My roommate is still around (for once... which is odd cause she lives in the architecture lab) so I let her know where I'm going, "Okay... well, I'll be back later, I'm going to get lunch." She says, "Oh I'll be there in a few minutes"... To which I reply, "Oh... I'm not going on-campus because they close in like 5 or 10 minutes. I'm going to Wendys." At this point I leave the room and get to the stairs when I realize that I should go back and ask if she wants to go or if she wants me to bring her anything back... So this time I come back and do so.
A third example... Last weekend, Mike and I were going to go into Roanoke on Sunday night to see this Beatles Tribute band at the Roanoke Festival in the Park. We were making plans on when to leave and stuff like that and he asks whether I'm bringing my roommate. Which is kinda odd, because it hadn't even crossed my mind to invite her to come along with us... So I did invite her and she came along.... had a good time I think.
Anyway, its just simple little things that I could be doing that brighten people's days that I could be doing and I don't... little people skills. Mike attributed it to being an engineer, but really, I think that's no real excuse. Though we may be less socially inclined, it doesn't mean that we can just give up on manners and interacting with people. I know that when people do stuff like that to me it makes me smile. So I'd like to make that item number 8 on my list of things to work on this summer--My people skils!
Prompted by a combination of Robbie's addition to my list of things to work on (seen in the comment section to that post)and also by the block of time I have this weekend, I decided to update ya'll on where I stand on my list and other stuff.
1. I definitely have improved on this one, though I'm not sure if its really due to any effort put forth on my parth. Rather, I think that being back in Virginia has helped a lot, as well as some of the people I've met here at summer school and have been hanging out with.
2. I think I've done a good job with this one. Though once again, I haven't had many opportunities for me to assess my improvements in this area.
3. I don't think I've been complaining much... Although when I tell people what classes I happen to be taking this semester, they seem to feel bad for me... I kinda figured this would happen, so I don't tell people unless they ask. I'm also doing a little better on not having to have something in every conversation to relate to...
4. yes, I am eating better than I had been the last few weeks at GE and at home... However, I've not been doing very well on the going to the gym part of this goal. My classes do keep me very occupied during the weekdays/nights, so I spend most of my day either in class or in my room doing homework or studying so I don't have much time to fit in going to McComas during their hours. I did go to the gym one day last week as well as ride my bike on another day.
5. Maitaining same status as when I made the post. I suppose that today would be day 115 of 400.
6. No real opportunity to see how I'm doing on this one so far this summer...
7. Well, I'm posting now... so I suppose that counts for something. As I mentioned earlier in this post, my classes keep me pretty busy during the week so I haven't had much time for doing much of anything 'fun' or stuff like that... except on the weekend.
The other day, I came to the conclusion that I'm not naturally very sociable. I don't do simple things to interact with other people very often... for example, I'm walking across campus and I pass someone I know. They kindly say, "Hey Stefie! How are you doing?" To which I reply, almost rudely but by no malicious intent by any means, "Fine." Then I continue walking. Now, if I had possessed the normal social skills many human beings possess, I most likely would have instead replied to their question, "I'm doing fine... Thank you. And How are you, [insert person's name here]?"
Another example... I have my car here this summer and so on the weekends I can park very convieniently behind my dorm. Say I'm driving over to Wendy's to pick up some lunch. My roommate is still around (for once... which is odd cause she lives in the architecture lab) so I let her know where I'm going, "Okay... well, I'll be back later, I'm going to get lunch." She says, "Oh I'll be there in a few minutes"... To which I reply, "Oh... I'm not going on-campus because they close in like 5 or 10 minutes. I'm going to Wendys." At this point I leave the room and get to the stairs when I realize that I should go back and ask if she wants to go or if she wants me to bring her anything back... So this time I come back and do so.
A third example... Last weekend, Mike and I were going to go into Roanoke on Sunday night to see this Beatles Tribute band at the Roanoke Festival in the Park. We were making plans on when to leave and stuff like that and he asks whether I'm bringing my roommate. Which is kinda odd, because it hadn't even crossed my mind to invite her to come along with us... So I did invite her and she came along.... had a good time I think.
Anyway, its just simple little things that I could be doing that brighten people's days that I could be doing and I don't... little people skills. Mike attributed it to being an engineer, but really, I think that's no real excuse. Though we may be less socially inclined, it doesn't mean that we can just give up on manners and interacting with people. I know that when people do stuff like that to me it makes me smile. So I'd like to make that item number 8 on my list of things to work on this summer--My people skils!
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