the rugburns

enjoyable evening with friend...yummy food - or should i say, hummus infused garlic ;)

as is the norm when you step out for an evening in redding - you're going to run into people you know --- from present, or past lives. you just accept that this is going to happen and deal...it's inevitable. like taxes.

so you enjoy your present company, the garlic infused hummus, the music...and then he walks in. not the guy you're going to meet. but the guy who didn't call. it's been a while and frankly, there aren't any hard feelings. besides, you have mutual friends. again, it's inevitable...you deal.

but then the guy leaves the table he is sitting at with his present squeeze and friends that keep glancing over at your table...and he swoops in to...

see how you've been. to apologize. explain why he didn't call. (okay - you had me at the apology...really.) besides, you've been duped for ordering hummus but were served garlic with a dash of the garbanzo (much to your secret delight). so you try to get through the awkward smalltalk with garlic breath. he lingers. you wonder. you smell like your grandparents house. god love them.

and then it begins to feel a lot like you trying to make him feel better about not calling. because really...if it were about you...he would've called. it's inevitable. like taxes.