Serendipity

I have to say you that I probably just made the worst mistake of this deployment; I just watched the movie “Serendipity”. You see I am hopeless romantic, and that is exactly the kind of movie that I enjoy watching with a significant other. It makes me envious of the relationship that the main characters have, and it makes me wonder if I will ever experience a relationship like that. The good news is that I have finally figured out the relationship like that doesn’t complete me, it complements me, and it makes life a lot more enjoyable instead of whole.

Remember, I have already said that I am a hopeless romantic, and that I well and truly do like romance, in spite of my reputation. Unfortunately my shyness gets in the way of that. I don’t like initiating conversation, especially with women, so that turns into my “Achilles Heel.”

More good news is that I finally worked through my emotional baggage and I am ready to actually go out and meet new people and make new friends; so maybe somewhere in there, one of those new friends may turn into something a little bit deeper, a little bit more fulfilling.

This brings me back to the movie “Serendipity”. Like they say in that movie maybe it’s time for my “fortunate accident” to happen and eventually I’ll find the right woman. I would really prefer it if she wasn’t married. I want you all to understand is that all the special women in my life, my closest friends, are married, most of them happily, and so they are just friends. The few single women that I met recently are all from areas that are very far away from Oklahoma, and I have an aversion to long distance relationships; at least romantic ones.

Now don’t get me wrong, this is not a statement that I am here looking for a woman online. This is a statement saying that I have worked my way through some pretty heavy emotional baggage, and I watched a good movie that made me think about my life, and I figured out what I really want. So this isn’t good news post; this is a feeling a lot better about my life post (I know that Gidget is grinning from ear to ear over this).

The bad news (there is always bad news) that goes in this post is that since I am deployed I don’t have much of an opportunity to meet women. No, let me qualify that, I have the opportunity, just not the social setting. You see everyone here is always at work, and, while there are some social settings, romantic relationships violate regulations. So, I have to wait until I get back to the United States. However (comma), I’m a patient man and I can wait until I get back to the U.S.

So please, smile with me knowing that I actually worked through my emotional headaches and hassles, and I’m ready to be a complete person again, with or without a significant other.

Now all I need is my motorcycle and I could really enjoy it here…

Carlo