The old me and the new me have arguments daily. I have stepped WAY out of my comfort zone by coming down to the islands to live. The weather is amazing! The people are so happy! I am loving meeting so many new people and the constant change of scenery. I miss my paddling family, fellow Hashers, Monday nights at the HandleBar. I had a pretty solid scene in Greenville. Down here I still take the wrong street to get home and point in the wrong direction to get to restaurants!! There are a ton of things I want to do and do not have the money for! I had to miss the Zombie Bike ride because of work. I am not going to Kelly's Kinky Karnival tonight because of money! It seems it is always something! Like I said I go back and forth daily on this adventure.
All of that being said, I am looking out my bedroom window at 20 sailboats in the harbor. The sun is shining and it is 84f. This is paradise. I am blessed to have the ability to say fuck it and be here! The world is a very large place and I want to see more of it. I don't have to be rich to do it! I just have to want to!!
Yesterday I met some new friends and had a blast spending the day at the pool!
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
KW - Oct 14th
To say something generic like, Key West is a little different, would be a gross understatement!! Let me run you through my day so far!
Noon- Wake up have some water and take a shower.
12:30- Talk to Tim about plans for the afternoon
1:00- Discuss brunch options
1:15- Decide on Blue Heaven
1:20- Tim gets in shower I wait because he is paying!! LoL
1:45- We leave and they stop serving at 2pm and I am on a skateboard! LoL
2:05- Arrive at Blue Heaven and they have a 20min wait!!
2:15- Get seated and they serve us breakfast!! (small victory for me)
2:50- We leave and head for Dante's because we have some friends hanging out there and they have a DJ
3:10pm- Arrive at Dante's and there are 200 people there all my age or older and DJ is playing club music. Drinks all around and into the pool I go!
3:45- Tim leaves for work. I meet Tony and Teresa. They were having brunch next to us at Blue Heaven and they are now here at Dante's!! She is in a thong and the smallest bikini i have ever seen! They are in the early 50's!! i am shocked and very happy! Confidence is a huge thing in my head!! I love them immediately!
4:20- I leave to write this and go to work.
4:30- Tim texts from Captain Tony's and all of Greene St is shut down and they have multiple poles setup and people stripping in street!! I am now leaving to join in the festivities until my work shift starts at 5:45 at Hog's Breath!!
PS. This is a normal Sunday in Key West!!! Have fun with your fleece pants and football games!!!
Noon- Wake up have some water and take a shower.
12:30- Talk to Tim about plans for the afternoon
1:00- Discuss brunch options
1:15- Decide on Blue Heaven
1:20- Tim gets in shower I wait because he is paying!! LoL
1:45- We leave and they stop serving at 2pm and I am on a skateboard! LoL
2:05- Arrive at Blue Heaven and they have a 20min wait!!
2:15- Get seated and they serve us breakfast!! (small victory for me)
2:50- We leave and head for Dante's because we have some friends hanging out there and they have a DJ
3:10pm- Arrive at Dante's and there are 200 people there all my age or older and DJ is playing club music. Drinks all around and into the pool I go!
3:45- Tim leaves for work. I meet Tony and Teresa. They were having brunch next to us at Blue Heaven and they are now here at Dante's!! She is in a thong and the smallest bikini i have ever seen! They are in the early 50's!! i am shocked and very happy! Confidence is a huge thing in my head!! I love them immediately!
4:20- I leave to write this and go to work.
4:30- Tim texts from Captain Tony's and all of Greene St is shut down and they have multiple poles setup and people stripping in street!! I am now leaving to join in the festivities until my work shift starts at 5:45 at Hog's Breath!!
PS. This is a normal Sunday in Key West!!! Have fun with your fleece pants and football games!!!
Saturday, October 13, 2012
KW - 1st Week
So, I decided to take the plunge and move to Key west with my friend tim. Everything in Greenville was going fine and I really love it there, but I felt like I needed a change of pace for a bit. so I sold or gave away everything I had and packed the Jeep for the Keys! Melissa bought a plane ticket so that she could ride down with me.
Thursday, sept 27th I loaded the Jeep up and went to my last Hash in the upstate. I got named HearschBrown Beatdown and had a great time. We partied for a while and then went home to the apartment for the last time. Friday morning, I went to work and then had lunch with Chris. We said goodbye and Melissa and I took off for the Nantahala for the weekend. This was the first weekend of scheduled releases on the Upper and I was able to get a lap in Saturday and sunday!! It was great and I had a blast both days!! The birthday/going away party saturday night was awesome and I loved seeing all of my friends!
Monday morning, Melissa and I slept in and got a late start. All was well anyways and we had a nice ride to Hudson, FL. We got a cheap room and had breakfast with my grandparents. We hung out with them for about 3hrs. We then started our drive down to Key west. It went smoothly the rest of the day and we got to do all of the bridges in the day light! We arrived and went to hear tim finish his show at Captain Tony's. The new life began then!!
Melissa and I spent the next three days being tourists. We rented mopeds and walked a lot. we ate at a bunch of different resturants. We slept in and had a blast. I hated putting her on the plane on Friday! It was very hard to walk away at the security gate! I miss her a lot.
Saturday I just explored the island a little more and hung out with Tim. Sunday Tim, Elicia, and I went to the Dry Tortugas and had an amazing day!! I snorkeled and did some diving. Saw a ton of fish and spent the evening at a Nick Norman band concert. It was a great way to end my vacation.
Monday I started job hunting and got a few leads. Tuesday was better and by the end of the day I had at least one job lined up! Now sitting here on Saturday, I work as a doorman at Hog's Breath and Irish Kevin's. I am also hoping to be doing some bar-backing at Willie T's one or two nights a week. Willie T's is still up in the air though! Today I got up at 11am and went to the pool and laid out with a friend till 1pm and then came home for brunch. I am now about to get ready for work tonight!
Life is good in the islands!!
~RF
Thursday, sept 27th I loaded the Jeep up and went to my last Hash in the upstate. I got named HearschBrown Beatdown and had a great time. We partied for a while and then went home to the apartment for the last time. Friday morning, I went to work and then had lunch with Chris. We said goodbye and Melissa and I took off for the Nantahala for the weekend. This was the first weekend of scheduled releases on the Upper and I was able to get a lap in Saturday and sunday!! It was great and I had a blast both days!! The birthday/going away party saturday night was awesome and I loved seeing all of my friends!
Monday morning, Melissa and I slept in and got a late start. All was well anyways and we had a nice ride to Hudson, FL. We got a cheap room and had breakfast with my grandparents. We hung out with them for about 3hrs. We then started our drive down to Key west. It went smoothly the rest of the day and we got to do all of the bridges in the day light! We arrived and went to hear tim finish his show at Captain Tony's. The new life began then!!
Melissa and I spent the next three days being tourists. We rented mopeds and walked a lot. we ate at a bunch of different resturants. We slept in and had a blast. I hated putting her on the plane on Friday! It was very hard to walk away at the security gate! I miss her a lot.
Saturday I just explored the island a little more and hung out with Tim. Sunday Tim, Elicia, and I went to the Dry Tortugas and had an amazing day!! I snorkeled and did some diving. Saw a ton of fish and spent the evening at a Nick Norman band concert. It was a great way to end my vacation.
Monday I started job hunting and got a few leads. Tuesday was better and by the end of the day I had at least one job lined up! Now sitting here on Saturday, I work as a doorman at Hog's Breath and Irish Kevin's. I am also hoping to be doing some bar-backing at Willie T's one or two nights a week. Willie T's is still up in the air though! Today I got up at 11am and went to the pool and laid out with a friend till 1pm and then came home for brunch. I am now about to get ready for work tonight!
Life is good in the islands!!
~RF
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