Time to Reflect

Well today is July 26th, 2006 which means it's been just over one year since I started this blog. That got me thinking about Bahrain (as in, the island country off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf).

I don't remember her name or even what she looked like but I do remember what she said. She said she lived in Bahrain.

At the time I was working as a dog walker and she was new to the team. We were paired up that day for training purposes. I asked her where she lived prior to moving to Virginia. I assumed Oklahoma or Nebraska or some state in the mid-west. Well it was more like some country in the mid-east. She said she lived in Bahrain. I remember first thinking Where the hell is that? and then feeling in complete awe of her for having lived in another part of the world. I went home that night, tired of being in awe of everyone else and wanting to be in awe of myself for once.

Tonight, nearly a year later, as I sat on the toilet taking a piss, I thought to myself I'm taking a piss in South [bleeping] Korea!

And I realize I've done it - I've awed myself and it feels as good as I imagined it would. And for a second my possibilities seem endless.