I Installed a system for a Mr. Maskimov who is an underground Russian arms dealer. He told me about everything that he does and how he operated out of Portland. It kinda freaked me out but he played a nice cover with his Ukrainian wife and small kinds. He told me that if I said
anything to anyone he would have a nice surprise for me and my family. I swore to secrecy and got out of there. Just kidding. That didn't happen. I've been watching a spy tv show a little too much. But I really did install for a rich Russian guy and he was super nice. He even invited me back this week for some beers. I will politely decline.
Because of the lack of install this week, I had a lot of down time. I did make it to the Portland temple for a session and it was beautiful. I love that temple. I also spent many many hours at a public park in Molalla, OR. I read books, practiced juggling, walked around, slept, and people watched. You'd never guess the things you see at public parks. Should of been a private park.... Geez. Anyway, I did eat the worlds greatest burrito this week from a Mexican joint called "Muchas Gracias". That's what I said to them after I consumed their "Oregon Burrito." It was comprised of steak, papas, salsa, and cheese all wrapped up in a warm, fluffy tortilla. Oh it was heavenly. The bonus is that is only cost $4.80. Didn't even break the bank. Who-ah!
Oh, this morning I made $60 in 53 minutes. Do the math and that is $1.13 per minute. Oh yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Only wish that happened all day long.
Ok so the really good stuff. I shall relate the story of me failing at asking a girl out on a date. There is this really kind girl in the ward who I wanted to treat to lunch for being so kind. I didn't catch her at church so I resolved to call her that night on the phone around 8pm. I'm normally pretty cool about this kind of stuff but was getting nervous for some reason. I made the call and she answered. Now the idea was just to ask her on a casual-get-to-know-you-better-slash-thank-you lunch. Nothing fancy. So she answers and I ask her if I could treat her to lunch sometime this week because of the kindness that she had shown. It's the least I could do. After about 4 seconds came the resounding and confident "No". I almost died. I didn't plan this far ahead and was speechless. She explained that her lunch breaks were short and gets gets caught up with other things during that time. I was set on eating something with this girl so I asked about dinner, even though I knew I probably couldn't do dinner because of my schedule. She looked at her calendar and was booked. Dang. At this point I felt like a loser and my mouth was completely dry. My brain froze up and I didn't say anything for like 20 seconds. (That's a long time on the phone.) She finally spoke up and said she was going to some activities this week and asked if I was going to them. I just said, "yeah I'll probably see you this week." Fail. I hung up and felt like an idiot. Ha, I haven't choked up on stuff like this since high school. I don't know what got into me but I didn't get the lunch. I settled for writing her a thank you card to express my gratitude. We'll see if I even give it to her. Technicians aren't as smooth as we all thought I guess.
Well, that's technician life for you.
The Oregon countryside is beautiful!
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