Did I Smell?!

Here is some background information.

I moved from a place like this:




To a place like this:





I moved here for a job that sounds really cool on paper, but if you were to follow me around for a day you would probably feel sorry for me, especially once you heard how much money I make. Some might wonder what possessed me to take a job where I don’t make much money and move to a town like this away from my home and loved ones. YOU GOT ME? At least the people here speak the same language… sort of.

I’ve been here about four months and so far have managed to not make a single friend. How does a generally friendly person, like me, not manage to make a single friend? I don’t know. I guess I’m not as great as I thought. When I was in college I thought I was a pretty cool chick. I had a lot of friends and a fun life. Then I left school and had to move home. It was a rough time, but at least I still had friends and a city to entertain me.
Here though, things are different. You can’t just go to the bar, dance hall, club, mall or any real social place for that matter and make some friends, because those places don’t exist here. What does exist? WAL-MART and churches. I’ve been to both Wal-mart and to one church in particular.

At this church I thought things were going to work out. I thought I had met some good people, till the fateful day this girl asked me, while I was sitting by myself, if I was lonely. Basically how the story broke down was that her husband was trying to make her sit by me so I wouldn’t be alone and she didn’t want to. DID I SMELL? Nope. I had showered before I went to hang out with these potential “friends.” I’ve had some other bad episodes with people attempting to use me because they hear my job title and think I’m a billionaire.

Needless to say, I do not have any friends and this point and have no people to celebrate the small victories in life with.