On Sunday night, Eddie invited me to go over to his disc golf/bowling friend's house to have dinner with him, his girlfriend and few of their other friends. The girlfriend of his friend made some amazing lasagna and later in the night, a co-worker of hers asked if he could have some of the leftovers. Since Eddie and I were going to go run a quick errand anyway, we agreed to let her tag along and stop at her work to drop off some food to her friend since he wasn't able to come to the dinner because obviously, he was working.
She works at a restaurant downtown and I don't know if I've ever explained it before, but downtown Flagstaff is a quaint, one way lane area. It's the only area that reminds me of other urban cities because there's actual apartments above businesses, hard to find, parallel parking and alley ways. We parked in an alley way near her work and while she ran in to deliver the food, Eddie and I hung out in his car and waited for her. I was talking to him about something which I can't remember when suddenly a group of people walked by and one of them shouted, "Hey! That's Michelle Toth in there!" And they kept on walking. At the announcement of my name I shouted back and said, "Hey!" and waited for a response but the group of kids just kept walking away. It was nighttime in an alleyway and therefore dark. So, I couldn't see who the person was.
And this is why, a few months ago, leaving Flagstaff was so appealing to me. I can't even sit in a person whom I've known for a month's car in a dark alley way without being known. Every where I go I see someone and while I do enjoy a sense of community, sometimes it is nice to have some portion, even if small, of anonymity. I'm not a rock star and I don't live in Heber anymore, so I feel like this sort of stuff shouldn't be happening. Especially because Flagstaff really isn't that small when you think about it.
I'm glad my job hunt for positions in other states ended up not working out for me, because I've met some awesome people since then. But other times I long for a way to start over and be the unknown.
