embrace my eccentricities

There is definitely something living in the outer walls of the living room. I hear the scra-scra-scratching in the ceiling too. There may even be scurrying coming from the chimney. A friend once told me that a squirrel can chew through concrete! I think I may have some of those cute, furry, and now pesky little rodents. The whole darn thing was just re-built last summerish. Ach du meine Güte!

Speaking of pests, my date was a disaster! It wasn't going anywhere, anyway, as you all know I have sworn off men, but for fun, I agreed to go bowling. I actually love to bowl. My average score is 170-ish. I thought, since it was his idea, that he would enjoy himself. Well, he had fun until he realized he was going to lose every game. We bowled three games. I was myself; he seemed to listen. I allowed myself to think the night wouldn't suck completely, but then I won game number 1.

"Beginner's luck," he said.

I raised my right eyebrow.

"I am not a beginner. I have been bowling since I was six years old. I'm pretty good."

"We'll see," he said, as his ball one, from frame one, of game two rolled down the gutter.

Guys hate to lose, but to a chick, there is no stopping their ego. I realize that I am overgeneralizing and that not all men perceive skilled women as threats (not professionals, Jason). However, as a general response to something perceived as competitive, men generally want to win. Women want to win too, but we don't normally throw our bowling shoes down the lane and storm off to the game area. I am laughing pretty hard at that spectacle still. I know that I egged him on in game 3, but seriously, he was behaving like such a child by then that I couldn't help it. I just find men to be silly, generally speaking.

Maybe I am just too much of a realist. To me, "what you see is what you get," even when referencing people. I am just who I am - a quirky-silly-dance-to-my-favorite-song-in-the-grocery-store kinda girl, who isn't worried about what other people have to say about me. If I can bowl, then I shouldn't have to try to lose. I figure those closest to me, those who really love me, will embrace my eccentricities, and my ability to bowl, 168, 172, and 175, and love me even more.