Smitten Spontaniety
Absolutely zero poker content whatsoever. Except I play and she rakes. I have a tattoo on my right calf that is flames with the verse "James 4:14" inscribed within the flames. It says, "You do not even know what will happen tomorrow, for what is your life? It is a vapor that appears for a moment and then vanishes." The tattoo means many things to me, but at this moment I am simply amazed at how neat life is. We really have no clue what it ever going to happen to us at any given moment in the future, regardless of how near or far away that moment is. I truly believe that we should all make more of an effort to release the micro-management of our lives and return to the fundamentals of living for the moment that we find ourselves in now .Saturday afternoon I was chilling on my boat, stoked to be back with my boys, enjoying a Bud Light hoping the fish would bite. Sunday morning I was getting onto a plane to fly someplace that I had never been before, not really sure why I was going, but feeling that for some reason I needed to go. I did not have anything else going on that week and saw a neat opportunity to get away from Vegas and the tournament trail for a few days of rest and relaxation. I had no idea what to expect really. My primary contact was Lara, but I had never even met her. Ever. I knew a friend of mine was in Montana, but this is a pretty big state and I had no idea where he was. I knew that I was giving a poker seminar and getting put up in a sweet hotel. And, well, that's about it.
I'm really glad I came here.
It's Wednesday night. I fly back to Vegas tomorrow at 12:25pm. Lara is sleeping next to me. And I am the luckiest man alive.
I really had no intentions of pursuing any sort of serious relationship for quite a while - at least until after the next Series. I've been through some tough things in the past year on that front and really just wanted to take some time off, live a bit of the bachelor lifestyle that is so easily supported in Vegas. But what I found up here in Montana has very much changed my life for the forseeable future. She's very much involved in it.
No, not getting married anytime soon. No, not moving to Montana. But I do have a girlfriend :-).
It's just so werid though how little control we have over our lives it seems. I was fully committed to my singlehood but this girl has completely changed my opinion. She hasn't exactly been trying to either. It's just clicked so well that I'm still in shock over it all. Her personality is incredible, she's a ton of fun, she actually likes poker (kinda comes with the owning a poker room territory), she is passionate about life, she's driven, motivated, intelligent, and pretty much drop dead gorgeous. Yep. I'm hooked.
I feel so fortunate and blessed to have had the ability and freedom to be able to get onto a plane with twelve hours notice and fly 800 miles to a place I've never been before simply because I want to. This trip has been so sweet on so many levels and I'm so excited to see what happens next.
Who knows what will happen next. I used to think that I had a pretty good grasp on what was happening next in my life. I'm supposed to be on a plane tomorrow at 12:25. Maybe they have a later flight :-).
Thanks for reading.
Devo
posted by Devo @ 12:36 AM
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