Overcompensating

I hate visiting old neighborhoods since I'm bound to bump into familiar faces. I'm always rotating between agonizing on (over)explaining myself to people that think they have me figured out or just not giving a damn.

There is one person I always pour my excuses towards though, rolling pin is the exception. She was surprisingly supportive of me all around so I'm grateful to have her around. I do wonder what she thinks of my current state though. What if she's thought me to be someone with no resolve? I can never really get around straight up saying that I am overcompensating: that my presentation is only by causation. Oh well.