For the past few days I have been at a resort along the Oregon coast with my wife, my mother in law and my wife’s aunt. We have had a great time so far and my mother in law and aunt have been kind enough to watch our newborn baby which has allowed my wife and I to actually go out for a drink and a nice meal for the first time in what seems like forever.
We have been looking forward to this trip for quite awhile because we have nearly forgotten what it is like to have an adult conversation and be able to have a few drinks, relax and not worry about our daughter’s every move. But one thing I have learned over the years is that the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” like existence that is my life never makes things that simple.
The town we are in is pretty quit right now because it is out of season for the resort we are at. As a result there were very few people in the 4 star restaurant that they have on site. When we arrived we were pretty stoked about that because we figured it would be nice and quiet and we could enjoy each others company and get excellent service. NOT! When we got there there was only one other group dining. That group happened to be a man and a woman and……..of course, a baby. That’s right, a baby. Of course there is a baby at a 4 star restaurant when there are only 2 other people in the entire place. Of course they had the one Godforsaken thing we were trying to get away from!
And this wasn’t just your average baby just sleeping the evening away. This was a screaming, demanding baby who was letting out blood curdling screams in the restaurant…lol. We couldn’t even believe this was happening. Well, the thing is, we could actually. You see my wife and I have a standing joke that I am being followed around with cameras 24/7 like the movie The Truman Show. My life has been so crazy and has had so many inexplicable things that seem to happen all the time that it just doesn’t even seem like it could be real. My good friend Matt Amen (Forcewithme9 to the poker community) says he can’t even believe how so many crazy things happen to me..lol.
So naturally when the baby was screaming I was kind of nodding to her and saying, “I wonder where they are hiding the cameras this time?” Then just when we were about to leave we overheard them say they should probably get going. But not 2 minutes later the waiter came by and the wife decided she’d changed her mind and asked the waiter for a dessert menu. No joke! I then leaned over to my wife and said, “It wouldn’t have been good for the ratings if they had simply walked out of the restaurant.”
After that we pretty much threw our arms up in the air. I got the waiter over and thankfully they had an upstairs bar area and the waiter was kind enough to move us upstairs and serve us up there.
The other random “Truman show” like thing that happened was when we got to the restaurant the waiter said, “It’s good to have the two of you back.” We dined there last summer and we did in fact have the same waiter, but how the hell does he remember us? He then asked us if we would like the same seat as last time?” and promptly sat us right where we sat last time we were there 6 months ago. Scary….
Obviously I am joking about the Truman show thing, but it truly is incredible all of the things that I go through in this life. My life has got to be about the least boring thing in the world. I have actually come to not really plan anything more than a few weeks in advance because my life seems to take so many twists and turns all the time that planning seems to make no sense. And I do get plenty of really weird things that leave that .01 percent chance open that maybe, just maybe the whole world is leveling me and you guys are watching me as I type this right now….haha
And by the way.We all know you ordered the same dinner as last time you were there. Yea, we seen it on the cameras. LOL