Monday, September 24, 2012

me? miss spontaneity?!


On Saturday, I think someone else took over my body. The mister and I are usually hermits. We don't like crowds and both get anxiety and uncomfortable in social settings, especially around people we don't know. As usual we headed out to the Farmer's Market and always stop by the same vendors who have gotten to know us over the past two years. This one vendor where we get some of our meats from are roughly our age (I've mentioned them before that I would love to befriend them because I think we'd have lots in common) Well..when we where leaving they gave us a little invitation to come to their farm to check it out and have a fall equinox cookout. The mister and I both really wanted to go but both had a bit of anxiety. Would it be super awkward? Who else was going to be there? Was it basically just going to be all their friends and we'd be the oddballs not fitting in and no one understanding why we were there? 

We went back and forth on our decision and decided we'd go. We'd do something totally out of our comfort zone. So we prepared some roasted rosemary and garlic potatoes and set off. When we got to the farm there were two other couples there with their children. Because it was raining we all piled in their farm house and waited for some more people to show up. Everyone was so nice and really open, asking us questions and striking up conversations. 


We got to see their amazing farm, meet some great people and saw an amazing sunset. 

We ended the night hanging out by a fire and staying hours later than we had planned. Sometimes it's nice to do something out of your comfort zone, I might just have to try it more often.

What did you do this weekend? Anything out of the normal?


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This post makes me so happy. I'm so glad you jumped in with two feet and ended up having an amazing time. Yay for new friends... especially friends with a farm! Too cool.

I spent the weekend with my dad. We did all kinds of touristy things. It was nice, but I'm tuckered out. Entertaining is pretty tiring. Holy! :)
1 reply · active 650 weeks ago
so glad to hear you had a fabulous weekend with your dad! sometimes its fun to look at where you live from a different angle!
Aw, that's great to hear. I struggle with the same anxiety in social settings. I am always thinking I won't be good enough or intelligent enough to strike up a meaningful conversation... somehow it always seems to work out in the end. Glad you went for it! The farm looks beautiful and sounds like you had an awesome time.
1 reply · active 650 weeks ago
thanks..usually my anxiety is just getting me to a place. sometimes i even get anxiety when i have made plans with close friends. i don't know why i get like this, maybe because im just so comfortable at home as a hermit?! but i almost always have a really good time so i wish i could put this anxiety away!!
Sounds like it was so much fun! Your brain probably was happy to relax after all your hard work getting ready for your sbow.
1 reply · active 650 weeks ago
im not sure if my brain ever relaxes! the entire time i was thinking of things i still need to get done but i loved meeting awesome new people who I will hopefully get to hang out with again
My husband and I are the same way. We only have a couple of close friends. It's funny because in college we were both fairly social, but we admitted to each other that being social felt forced and sometimes awkward. So now, we prefer to stay in or just do things with family. It's nice though, when we find people that are similar to us and 'get' us so we can feel comfortable getting together with people.
1 reply · active 650 weeks ago
when i was in college and right after i used to hang out in large groups, but even tho i was in a group i always kind of kept to just a few people. after i met my husband a few years later, over the years we have gotten more and more antisocial! i dont think its on purpose i think we both just get different anxieties - being with someone that has anxiety also doesn't help matters! if he was really outgoing, i know that my anxiety might be less as well. i dont know! i just have always preferred smaller crowds and tend to always be the one the gravitates to one or two people and not the center of attention type of person.

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