Sunday Blues in These Foolish Things

Not really. I don’t really have the blues, but I was just thinking about something.

Yesterday I went to my volunteer event that turned out to be a whole lot of nothing, even though my heart was there. I was signed up for the tear-down (I called it “breakdown” in my IG stories, ha!) for the dog days event at the botanical garden. I knew it was going to be fucking blistering hot, and I was right. So by the time I got there a lot of the vendors/booths were already shut down and all we had to do was tear down and haul some tables and chairs. It took 30 minutes. Oh well.

But that’s not what I was feeling blue about, really.

I got to see Best Bud and her husband and their kid they were dropping off for his second year at the university. All that is great, right? I haven’t seen Best Bud in person since… last year?! I had to go back in my mind and yes, the last time I saw her in person was sometime about a year ago (every time I go back to my former city she’s traveling or she refuses to go to brunch with me because it’s “too expensive”).

The first thing she says to me…the VERY FIRST THING… is that I am too skinny. She called me a “skeletor” and told me that I’ve lost WAY too much weight. And then she let it go after a while, but damn. She acted like I looked terrible! WTF.

And yes, I love her very much, but…I don’t know. I’m disappointed.

And we met at this fun cafe on the water where I like to go frequently. They have amazing coffee and baked goods, and their son got a big cinnamon roll. And as he was eating, Best Bud lit into him about how he needs to watch what he eats because he’s going to chunk back up. She and her husband are both really hard on their son about the fact that he’s a bigger guy. He’s a sophomore in college - and I can tell he’s lost weight over the summer by being active. But ughhhh. He rolled his eyes and laughed.

And then they had to go pretty quickly to finish up their stuff and leave. We didn’t even get a pic together!

I am just a little surprised by how judgemental Best Bud has gotten.

So no. The title is not correct at all. I’m not blue. In fact, I’m looking forward to a wonderful day today (more on that in another entry…RAD to follow!), but I’m disappointed.

Okay, shaking that off.

Onward!
GS