I shot around after work for about 45 minutes and then decided I would go to the gym to try and bike or elliptical some and maybe do some push ups and situps. Someone left the radio on in the gym so I just turned it up a bit and hopped on the elliptical. I was the only one in the gym so it was actually kind of nice to have the place to myself. Good news is that the elliptical didn’t hurt my knee! Bad news is that my knee was kind of popping. I was going to do 20 minutes but decided that I probably shouldn’t be over eager so I cut it down to 10 minutes. Anyway…about a few minutes in, this guy comes into the gym and he changes the radio station. That’s weird.
It’s weird to change the radio station when one other person is in the gym. You would assume, or I would assume that the one person there must have selected the station and is listening to it. I didn’t have headphones or anything so it’s not like I was listening to something else. He changes the station to KLOVE. That’s even more weird! This guy just changed it to a Christian radio station while one other person is in the gym. That’s pretty bold. Really bold. You changed my radio station and you changed it to a Christian radio station, what if I’m not Christian?
So I thought, oh, maybe this is his way of evangelizing or maybe he’s going to evangelize to me. That’d be cool, meeting another Christian equals instant connection (generally). Making friends would be nice too. Anyway, so I said, God, if this guy is a Christian, make him talk to me. Hahahaha. I was thinking, oh, he put on KLOVE, if he’s a Christian, we’ll have something to talk about. In the meantime, I’m just doing my push ups and situps and he’s using weights. Then this other guy comes into the gym to do some free weights. This was one of the guys that was also shooting around on the other end of the court earlier. Anyway, as I’m in between sets, the guy that changed the station says, “Excuse me, do you know if they have any more towels in the women’s locker room?” I was like, I’m not sure, but I can go check. He’s like, oh yeah, just whenever you’re done, no rush. But as I looked at him, I thought, wow he’s really like dripping sweat. I should check now. Haha. So I’m like, oh, it’s okay, I can go look now. So I went and grabbed a towel for him. When I came back, the radio station had changed.
I went back to my workout and thought, ok, well, he talked to me but it wasn’t what I expected, but maybe that’s because someone else was in here. And I thought, well maybe I should ask him about the radio station now that he broke the ice. But, I was chicken. Back to working out.
Then he goes, you shoot around a lot? (He must have been watching me shoot around earlier). I was like yeah, sometimes. He asked if I played in a league. I said yeah, but not now, I’m injured, yada yada yada. He mentioned that he got injured too and it took him like a year to get back to normal. I figured it was enough conversation to break the ice so I said, did you pick the station earlier? KLOVE? He’s like, yeah. I was like, are you a Christian? He’s like no. I thought, well, that just crushed everything hahahahhaa. He’s like, yeah I just heard some music. Did you want to listen to it? I was like, no, just wondering. Then I asked if he worked at the offices here and he does work for the same company. In fact, there’s a high chance that I’d actually be working with him. Lol. So, I guess I sort of got to know someone, barely. Anyway, he finished up his workout and left, so I was like, see you around.
Hmm, I think God was like, you should be evangelizing to him! Haha. Also, I guess people really do stumble upon KLOVE.
See, this would have almost been a good story, but I guess it didn’t make for a bad one. Maybe, I can make a new friend.