A Little Bummed Out

In the world of time, purposes and goals are prefectly appropriate, but there is so much investment placed on the attachement and expectations that surround them.
-Tony Parsons
"As It Is"

Twenty-five years ago today

March 2, 1986
Sunday

I woke up and had to give Chad a phone call. I clearly stated the latest about my weekend. I, of course, did not mention Doug (since nothing ever came of it that would be worth mentioning). I did choose to mention my meeting with Karen Craven last night.
Chad responded, “Well, I’m a little bummed out because I felt like going out last night, too.”
“I thought you told me you would be working. Why didn’t you call me?”
Chad answered, “I called you last.”
I couldn’t believe my ears. Like it was supposed to be ‘my turn’ to call.
I stated firmly, “If we have to take turns calling each other…give me a break.”
We continued with more gibberish until Chad said, “Well, I’m going to go wash my car.”
“Okay.”
“And I’m going to a Bar-B-Que at ‘some friends’ house.”
Once again I hated his reference to ‘some friends’. I’m going to have to borrow that line.

I telephoned Karen Craven and left a message on her answering machine.
“Hi Karen, call me back so we can see about dinner or getting me out there to lay out by your pool.”

I went bike riding for a while. Then I took my niece, Ashley, to South Shore Beach.

I telephoned Karen upon my return to see if she might have called while I was gone. Her answering recorder was still “on”. So, I chose to go cycling again.

I called on Karen a third time at four-thirty and she still was not at home. I went for a long miserable drive in to San Francisco, Diamond Heights and all the way back home and ‘crashed’. No, I didn’t crash the car. I crashed my body from exhaustion.

Doug had said, “I’ll call you today.”
He didn’t.

I just hope Karen Craven likes me as much as I like her.  Time will tell.

'A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody.'
a song referenced in the book by Nial Kent, "A Divided Path"
and in the 1936 film "The Great Ziegfeld".