Whoa….I missed yesterday’s blog. Sorry about that. I was in Lake Tahoe, and they didn’t have any internet access. Buh-mer. Its been a pretty good week considering everything. I think the Czech and I are connecting. It will be interesting to see how many puns I can put in the headlines about her. She just told me she’s attracted to me and the more she’s getting to know me, the more she’s learning about my different sides…So that is a good thing. We are getting along very well. We were supposed to be seeing my little sis and her fiancée but sis changed the plans, surprise, surprise, so instead we went up to Lake Tahoe. The Czech had never been further west than Alabama so we got in the whole sightseeing stuff. She was taking pictures of everything.
Lake Tahoe was beautiful as always, but pretty dead. I imagine that the recession has hurt it quite a bit. When we were eating in the restaurant at Harrah’s there was nothing but 80 year olds in there. It was like an AARP convention. Nothing against old people as Im about to become one someday, but it was pretty eerie, especially since I can remember what Tahoe was like in the livelier days. We used to take our family vacations up in Tahoe every August to coincide with my Father’s birthday. I have many fond memories of my children and playing up here during this time. In fact since my kids didn’t want to come to California for my summer visitation this year, this is the first time we’ll be missing it in a long long time. That’s kind of sad really. An end to era…and end to tradition. I guess that goes hand in hand with the divorce, the loss and the end to things.
I didn’t play a lot of slots in Tahoe. I learned my lesson. There is a reason why the glitz and glamour of casinos always glimmer. I did play three $1 poker slot games and wound up walking away with $10, I had a straight with 3’s woo-hoo. I walked away a winner. How many people can say that in Tahoe? On the way back we took a lot of pictures of the American River. The River was rushing more than I had ever seen as the snow melts off of the Sierra Nevada’s. It was quite stunning. I’ll try to post the pictures a little bit later.
I guess I should tell you a little bit about the Czech. We started writing to each other in January, then it really started heating up in March. For the regular readers of this blog will remember the online relationship took a little hiatus after she told me she wasn’t sure if she was attracted to me and I was falling too fast…as I always do. So that’s when I decided to try to create a reason to come back to the U.S. So far…its worked. We are really into each other. Its been nice little trip so far. The Czech grew up in communism. She has a really interesting upbringing. I’ll go into more details most likely later. The Czech moved to the U.S. 10 years ago at the behest of a friend and is currently finishing up her degree at a college in North Carolina. She has a very distinct accent, a mix of Eastern European mixed with Southern Twang. Its certainly unique. My mother is forcing us to watch American Idol as I write this. In fact, I have watched more tv in the four days I’ve been back in the U.S. than I have in four months in Bahrain. Im not really sure that why maybe its just the American culture of watching TV. I watched a whole lot of TV when I lived in the U.S. and whenever I live outside…its less. It seems like I accomplish a whole lot more too. Now this dichotomy of not watching tv while I’m away is interesting since I’ve chose television/video to be such a large part of my career.
I have enough miles on Emirates now…after just 1.5 round trip flights to upgrade my return ticket to Bahrain to Business class. Im now actually looking forward to the 16 hour flight. Business class is the way to go on such a long flight. Im blessed to be able to do it. I actually miss Bahrain a bit. Im looking forward to getting back to work. Not that Im not having fun out here, because I am. Its just that I enjoy my career so much. It is certainly a blessing and my true calling.
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