Last night was my first real night out and as pleasant as it was, I couldn’t have been much company. I was amped to go out. Plans were made around 2pm when I was still wide awake. It was never going to be a big night but it was a great idea cos I was eventually going to meet someone I have known for years, jUUles, hwo has commented from time to time.
Further plans were made to go and try find an iPhone for me. The Apple Stores in the area have all sold out of the 16GB model so we ended up going to an AT&T store which I had phoned earlier to confirm their stocks. Now is when they mentioned that I have to take out a contract with them and run multiple credit checks. All information that would have been useful on the phone a few hours before. F*ck ‘em. We walked out.
Dinner was really nice. Cajun food where I was offered frogs legs, ‘gator and an introduction rundown of the history of Cajun food. Very interesting but I declined the funky food and opted for some really good calamari and a JUMBO Gumbo. Way too big but really nice! Some kickass garlic bread too!
JUUles and I kind of worked together in Iraq although not at the same time but we knew all the same people and camps and situations so it was really good to have a laugh and “catchup”. I was having such a good time and then suddenly, without warning, the jetlag brick wall slammed in like a sledgehammer. Wham… and I was useless. I was suddenly so tired. I kept up as much as possible in the conversation but eventually had to throw in the towel and bail on the evening.
I wasn’t in my room for more thn 5 minutes before slipping into a coma until 5:30 this morning when my pesky alarm started screeching in my ear.
Thanks jUUles! We will definitely do this again! All except the AT&T store. Assholes! X
