You know, tennis is my favorite sport to play. I know the terminology to call the match correctly. I have quick feet to cover the court. I am all for colorful skirts and cute tops. I rally well with an opponent. I have a good serve. The sport just works for me! I would be a lot better though, if I followed through on my forehand and backhand shots....yes, FOLLOW THROUGH is critical to winning points...until you are at the net and volley--no follow through needed. But you can't volley an entire match, some shots go deeper than that.
Point of today: effing follow through! Goodness gracious! I am over it. These cats out here wanna use all nine lives at once messin' with me!!! I promise you I am not angry if my words sound that way, but I am sincerely not a fan of people who do not follow through. (See 'Run Through the Tape for extra support of this claim).
So, I went out on Saturday and cannot recall most of my evening. I do know that me and one of my friends were supposed to get up (hang out, spend time together, chill -- don't want to lose you with my vocabulary) and we didn't because I was too twisted (intoxicated) to leave were I was. Cool! No problem.
I saw him the next day and apologized. We laughed about it and I told him the offer still stood, I wanted to get up. We didn't, but HE hit me the next day asking what time I got off work and was tryna chill. Well, alright (*Lutha voice--you know that song about the party)! We made tentative plans---you meet me at my house since you work near it, stay there until I get back from my meeting, then we can have dinner and kick it.......................WHY TWO DAYS LATER HAVE I NOT HEARD FROM HIM when I told him I would hit him (reach out to his cellular device) when I got home. Whacktastic! This is a great example of a missed point do to your lack of follow through! Coulda' shot me a message saying something came up, but no, that's too responsible!
Let me give you a second example....I have another friend (told y'all yesterday I'm in season like Summer Fruit) that I've made mention to before. He's the one that is my friend, but not really because don't really hang often and calls me a square because I'm not raspy (See A to Z). Well, he wanted to hang out too and when we were Facebookin' yesterday, we kind of made plans for him to come chill at the crib. Granted, if Follow Through Fail #1 hadn't done what his name implies, I wouldn't be entertaining the second guy, but hey! FTF Version 1 missed his time slot, so whatever!
Anyway. Second guy's acting like he's down, so I told him I would hit him after my meeting (yes, I attend a lot of meetings) and when I got home, I text if I should be expecting him, he texts back: 'Not sure yet'....If my mother didn't read this, I would said 'The F***?!" (because I say that more often than I should), but since she may catch this one, I will say: my response to his text was snuggling up to my son in his bed (I was reading to him, but was going to get it to clean if this joker said he was coming over) and going to sleep.
When I woke up at midnight (because I do that sometimes), I checked my phone---no new messages--got out of my child's bed and crawled into mine. This morning, there were no new messages (from him... because I had one from someone else! Told y'all...). What a jerk! Again, lack of follow through!
So, where does that leave me? Oh, I'm good! Why? Because when they feel like it, they will hit me up and I will blog about it in the days to follow our exchanges, if I decide to still allow them the pleasure of my company. I am just peeved because I don't think I am asking too much at the request of a quick text quick text to say 'say, plans changed lets cancel' <---yes, it's all in lowercase and lacking punctuation because this is real life! This is how these people text! LOL.
Don't get it twisted, though I will engage in activities occasionally that to the observer may look like I am living below my purpose, I still appreciate the respect that goes along with conversation...I am not just any girl and they know that...they are in special positions. They know I am a different breed. But what's about to happen is they aren't going to have the opportunity to hang out with me outside of social functions because won't you won't do is abuse the privilege of the time I give you. Act like you know, homie!
Okay, enough of that. Just follow through...with all you intend to do and if for some reason you can't, let those you've committed to know, so they can make alternative arrangements. The last thing you want to do is burn bridges and though my friends have not burned their bridges yet, but are pretty damn close....
I don't do lack of follow through....
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