mirevolver

...to mess up your vacation plans.

This last weekend I went to North Carolina to meet up with my Russian friend who's spending her summer there. We've kept in touch through Email and talked over the phone, but this was the first time we would see eachother face-to-face. I had planned to spend a relaxing weekend on the beach with her.

Flew into the area on Friday evening, rented a car and drove to my hotel then went to bed. Then I woke up the next morning only to find that Hurricane Charley was coming later that day.

So I picked her up and we got some lunch. Then we tried to find something to do to about the Hurricane. We ended up deciding to drive around it using my rented Pontiac Sunfire. Using my cell phone I called my parents in Colorado to get periodic updates on the hurricane's position. Then we would make adjustments on where we would drive.

We did get caught up in some of the storm activity and the rains were really bad. At one point the winds got pretty strong, but I think the worst was the localized road flooding.

We waited out the last part in a bowling alley and by 6:00pm the hurricane had passed. So we went and got some pizza for dinner. Then we decided to head to my hotel room for the night rather than drop her off then backtrack to my room. There was only one bed and I didn't want her to sleep on the hard floor so we shared the bed.

The bed was higher than she's used to and I woke up several times from her pushing herself into me. In the morning she admitted that she was afraid of falling off.

I woke up to see her watching me. We laid in bed talking for a few hours, nothing sexual, just laying there talking to each other. Eventually, with housekeeping knocking on the door, we realized we should get up.

After leaving the hotel, we tried to get some breakfast, until I discovered the impossible: There is a town in this country that has neither a Denny's, Village Inn, nor IHOP, and we were in that town. Since it was noon, we ended up stopping in at a chinese restaurant. Her first time trying chinese food.

After "Breakfast," we headed to the shore. She wanted to visit some botannical gardens in the area, so we went there. While there we sat down in a gazeebo overlooking the water. There we got caught up in the moment and kissed.

After an extended amount of time there, she wanted to see what minigolf was, so I took her to one of the many minigolf places there. After a game there, we dorve around looking for a place to eat and settled on pizza (again).

We sat in the car after dinner knowing that our time together was almost up and not wanting to leave. But after a half hour, I drove her back to her place and went back to my hotel which was an hour's drive away.

Looking back, I'm glad I made the trip. It was a lot of fun, but it also seems that things got complicated. After kissing, I'm not sure what to do. Our paths have us on opposite sides of the world for at least the next 2-5 years and I really don't want a long distance relationship. The next chance we'd be able to see eachother won't be until next summer and a lot of things would have to go right for both of us if that is to happen. But on the other hand, I had a great time and we got along great. She's really smart, fleuent in Russian, English and Spanish, and nearly fleuent in Portuguese.

I will have to see what happens next time we can talk to eachother over the phone.