The Best First Day Ever.

“Let’s go, honey. Timmy needs to catalog breast sizes.” – Cliff

Yes, of course. This was the best first day of school ever.

I got up around 6 AM this morning. After working the past five days straight, it was weird getting up again. The melatonin kept having me wake up, and every time I kept thinking I was on line, putting sour cream on a nachos bellgrande. What the hell. I forgot to brush my teeth. I forgot to bring my post-workout smoothie and my water bottle. But, everything else I had. I literally hadn’t cleared out my bookbag from last semester, so I dumped it out and came to school with just my journal and my bill (with class schedule on it).

I hit the gym and was on campus by 9 AM. Lot 9 was full. At 9 AM. What the hell, man. So I headed to Lot 3 (The Parking Lot That Time Forgot.) Snagged my first sandwich and banana. Hit up the school store for some overpriced notebooks and pens. Said hi to Dawn, and my sandwich, and did my first sudoku of the semester. Only 2/5 stars, but it took me longer than it should have. It’ll come back to me.

Had chemistry recitation first. That wasn’t so bad. Noticed a girl with hairy calves. Hot.

Had chemistry lecture next. Except, that never happened. I was in the right room, just not on the right day. It’s retarded, the lectures are in two different rooms. The room I was in was where it is on Thursday. On Tuesday it’s a different day. I didn’t feel like getting up, so I sat through a sociology lecture.

In retrospect, this turned out to be a strange twist of fate. As I was leaving, I ran into Jess, one of Cliff’s ex’s. She hugged me rather awkwardly. (This isn’t the good thing.) She asked me how I’ve been. I said I was depressed until I got a job, but since I got a job I haven’t been depressed. I followed her upstairs to the place of eating. Ashley, Erik’s ex, was there. (This wasn’t the good thing, either.) She asked how I’ve been. I said I was depressed until I got a job, but since I got a job I haven’t been depressed. I was just about to get into one of those bullshit conversations when Victoria and I nearly bumped into each other.

I mean, I probably wouldn’t have bumped into her if I had actually gotten up and gone to my actual chemistry lecture.

She asked how I’ve been. Yes, I repeated the same thing, for comic effect. I was heading to the library anyway at some point, so we got computers next to each other and talked while doing things. She smelled nice. I got this really warm vibe off of her. It made me want to cuddle her. I started fondling her hair at some point. She requested that I ask before doing that – so she could say yes.

Why was I there? Oh right, make an excel of my schedule. Printing was down, so I figured I’d do it tonight.

Last class of the day was my chemistry lab. We watched a hilarious 80’s safety video. It didn’t last that long, so I headed to the lab. Victoria had given me access to her schedule online, so I checked it to verify her room number. She said she’s been wary of stalking me, due to something I don’t remember saying, about being stalked. So I decided to stalk her. I followed around for a short while. She went to return a book, but couldn’t without a receipt. I bought my chemistry books. (I never buy books before class.)

I pulled a chair up to a table she was at, and seconds later I felt my bandana get pulled off. There’s only a handful of people that would dare do that. Somehow, I wasn’t expecting it to be Liz. (With Cliff.) They were on the hunt for pizza. The other cafeteria didn’t have it, and the one in the student center had just closed. Cliff was on hand because his classes .. didn’t occur today? I wasn’t quite clear. Liz was there because she had a class at 6PM.

I vaguely introduced Victoria before she departed. (She had to go make dinner for her male-type companion.) I gave her a good squeeze, and she gave Cliff and Liz a hug (at the same time). I think Liz said that I manage to attract “adorable” girls. I can’t really argue, the girls she’s seen me attractive haven’t exactly been the Fat Chick motif that I champion. Liz said she isn’t hot, but she is definitely adorable. I said I wanted to cuddle her. Ha ha.

We chatted (Cliff, Liz, and I) for a bit before deciding to hit up the diner. Works for me. I tipped Diego five bucks for a 25 dollar bill. Because Diego is the man. And we really do not want an unhappy Diego. Diego’s this guy at the diner? He’s the man. I can’t place his accent.

It was a lot of socialization at once, but I needed it. It was exactly what I needed. It was perfect timing and everything. Liz went to class, and I took Cliff home with me. Oh baby. We sat around playing Melee. We considered renting a movie, but meh, not enough time to really appreciate it. I was going to make chili tonight, but uh, guess not? I might as well put my stuff back in the freezer, as I won’t get the chance again until Friday. Not even. Sunday. No, not even. Monday. Wednesday night is my marathon 4 hour lecture with the dean of the department. Thursday night I work. And then through the weekend. To be seen.

One of the topics of the day was why I tend to avoid social situations. Victoria has noticed my aura. If I’m just sitting around somewhere, I give off this aura of “leave me alone”. And so people do. I can’t say it’s anything purposeful, it’s just how I am. If I think about times in my life when I’ve been introduced to a “group”, I tend to be very intimidated. I don’t like groups as much as I like individuals. I can only function in a group if I know the individuals. I only toy with the idea of trying to tolerate people more, try to not be so judgemental. Ultimately, as redunantly as Cliff put it, I have to be myself. I just don’t like people! I know I don’t click with a lot of people, so I prefer to avoid most people.

I’m such a dick. Ha ha. To date, I’ve never gotten a bad read off of someone, and ended up liking them. In the same way, I’ve never gotten a positive read off of someone, and ended up disliking them, relatively speaking.

But, nevermind that. I’ve gotten consistently good reads off of Victoria. I should Becki her and make her my friend. Ha ha. I said to Cliff that I seem to attract females that see past the whole “get away from me” aura. Maybe. Obviously they’d have to, unless they just don’t see it. What’s also amusing to me is that Victoria technically found me on the Internets. THE INTERNETS BRINGS ME FEMALES.

Should I clear the dishwasher? I couldn’t even fit all the dishes in it. Seriously. I could. Or I could do it.. tomorrow morning.

I should have some cheese of the cottage. Only I could drop four pounds on a week off from the gym.