At work, I was asked if I had plans for the weekend and I answered that I did not but in two weeks I would be attending “Jeff Wayne’s War of the World’s”, I booked the tickets two years ago on the recommendation of a former coworker but due to Covid the event was postponed but luckily I checked what the new date is. I’m not sure if I actually want or if I should just get a refund, I hadn’t listened to the album. This was embarrassing as another coworker had listened to it and liked it very much, I had nothing to contribute, I said I’d listened to it two years ago and don’t care much for it now.
I thought the matter was dead but after the weekend, my coworker brought up the topic again, it was near the end of the shift when the day workers arrived, a couple of them said they were fans of the album too, again, I tried to hide away from the conversation, the autistic woman I mentioned previously was really into it, she recommended just lying down in bed and listening to it and when my coworker mentioned I had a spare ticket and asked who wanted to go with me, the autistic woman started jumping up and down shouting “Me, me, me!”. I panicked, my coworker looked at me to suggest I invite her, I then mumbled about not being sure I want to go and then turned to leave. My coworker looked at me with disappointment in her eyes, I felt bad. I put my backpack on and went for the door, another coworker remarked “oh, they’ve got their jetpack on”.
A positive takeaway is that I also had conversations about video games with a colleague. The following day, the coworkers I have on night shift rotated, one of them heard about events and teased me about having a date with “the psycho”, he didn’t let it go until he made me uncomfortable and laughed. There was a cake in the room, be claimed the autistic woman brought it for me due to my reported sweet tooth. I had some but made it clear when the autistic woman returned in the morning that I thought it wasn’t delicious, it was too strawberry-y.
It would have been nice to have a female friend but alas, my social anxiety is too great though I did manage to speak to my new black coworker, he replaced the previous black coworker who replaced the previous black coworker, I asked him where he lived, my dad wanted to know so he could possibly give him a lift home, he lived nearby so it wasn’t necessary. I’ve not communicated with the Polish woman.
In my free time I’m playing CyberPunk 2077, I think it’s a great game, very addictive gameplay, you just go to places shoot stuff and then do it some more. I like the look of the world, the characters and story isn’t that good but it’s not outright bad but there’s quite a bit if story and side quests.