As some of you know, I decided to take off to Portland Oregon stay with a friend and meet with a man I have been talking with online and on the phone.
I was taking a risk, which is sometimes what you need to do in order for things to happen in your life.I set it up in such a way that I had independence and if things did not work out I would have fun regardless.
Well right away, just before I was about to leave there was a misunderstanding between us and it was unknown if I would even meet him at all?
We ended up speaking the night before my flight which at that point I wasn't sure if I would hear from him at all? So that made it interesting right off the bat.
We changed our original plans completely.
I met a woman on my flight there that sat beside me. We hit it off right away making the flight a whole lot of fun. She was interested in my adventure that I was on and wants to keep in touch. So we will.
I have a new friend. One of the things that often happens is I get a lot of validation from the Universe telling me that I have made the right choice, no matter what happens. It starts off in the airport with many things happening easily and in the flow.
Usually I make a new friend and my luggage is waiting for me without effort. Well it happened again. I love when that happens.
Ok, so I arrive in Portland say fair well to my new friend for now and meet up with my dear friend Terry whom had come to pick me up at the airport. We go back to his beautiful home in the woods to settle in and strategically come up with a plan that would work for both of us.
The first day I walked along the water front for a very long walk in the drizzling rain and headed into the city proper to shop. I was there taking in the city life and being mindfully present.
Where ever possible I engaged in life and socialized with friendly people all around me. It was so fun to be on vacation in Portland taking it all in.
The next day, the day I was anticipating, my first face to face encounter, with the man.
I rented a car so I could meet him at the Zoo and leave at anytime. Always have a plan for a fast getaway if necessary.
The man likes to plan the date. He chose the Zoo and I thought that that was a classic old fashion romantic way to go. I have never gone o a date to the Zoo so i liked that that was about to change.
I love a man with a plan. It is very attractive to me.
So I get there and call him on my cell phone and he has my ticket already and is waiting for me to meet him for the first time at the front gates.
It felt very exciting and fun.
Well I met him and at first I was unsure about what I thought. He had a goofy persona or something and he said he was starving and wanted a corn dog? When I said, "A corn dog, that is gross." He said, "Oh I've eaten worse than that."
Arhg!! "You can not get worse than a corn dog can you?"
I said, "What about fine dining?" He said,"Well my clients take me out fine dining all the time and they serve a tiny piece of meat with a sprig of rosemary." "I have some guns to fill up." As he refers to his biceps.
I have always been a very healthy eater so there were red flags going off.
There were kids everywhere running around so gleefully. It made you feel good to see their excitement of seeing the animals.
We walked around to all the ares of the Zoo laughing and enjoying each others company especially when we realized we had seen everything there and there were 3 oOangutans that looked depressed, fish, a Seal, a Sea Lion, 2 Otters, which I love there way of nurturing and always playfully having fun, 2 tigers, A huge snake and an elephant. That was it.
So we left to have lunch at a very fine dining Seafood place called McCormicks. Thank the heavens it was not corn dogs. The restaurant was not opened yet so we went to this boathouse type place on the water beside the boat docks and had the best Bloody Mary I had ever tasted.
We talked and laughed and things were warming up between us. I really felt comfortable to be myself.
We went back to the restaurant for lunch.
I went to the restrooms to text my friends to let them know all was fine. When I got back he had ordered Calamari and Auhi Tuna appetizers. Which were absolutely delicious. Hey, he knows fine dining after all. Whew!
We both ordered the fish tacos for the main meal. Yummy!
So he walks me back to the car and I ask, "So what are you going to do now?"
My thoughts were of course hoping he would want to hang out some more.
" I am going to take a nap."
OMG! A nap. He really said that? This guy disengaged completely.
He hugged me. It was nice but the fastest hug in the west. Then he kissed me on the cheek. Arhg!
This man is clearly not in to me.
Then he bolts.
I'm thinking oh my gosh, what just happened? We were talking and laughing and having a great time, right?
Just then my male friend Terry texts me and my friend Jennifer texts me both at the same time wondering about how it is going?
Of course I have no idea what just happened and am quite perplexed at this point?
I am texting both my friends and I get a text from the man.
At this point I have to laugh because it feels so much like I just went back in time to high school days.
His text read, "So ur not interested right?" OMG, this is hilarious!
He said, "But you didn't kiss me?"
So another misunderstanding between man and woman. Ha, that has never happened in all of history.
He decided it would be best to be alone on his fishing trip (he is from Montana) and wait until the end of June to come see me when all the focus could be on me. That sounded good, all the focus on me.
So I was on another adventure, the next day I took what is called a scenic drive around "The Loop". I went and hiked up to the top of the Multnomah Falls, which was both intense and beautiful.
I also wanted to go to The Hood River Gorge which was so much fun to see the wind surfers and the kite surfers do there thing. They are so hard core. Wow some of them flip up in the air and go so fast with that intense wind they have there. It looked like fun. Next time I will go to Big Winds and get a lesson as my friend who loves to go there suggests.
Off to Mount Hood next which was beautiful to see.
This whole time I am so liking my adventurous independent go with the flow spirit.
The next day was a day trip to Cannon Beach where I had lunch and hiked along the beach to a sand castle competition. It was again good exercise.
Then I drove along the coast to the windy Manzanita Beach which had a quaint little town and where I had a wonderful dinner at the fresh seafood market and restaurant, sitting outside on their patio.
Another amazing day!
What an amazing trip this has been. I hop on my plane tonight.
So as far as the man goes, we will see. We have since flirted back and forth and I anticipate another meeting in the near future. This time he will visit where I am from.
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