CARDRUNNERS

So my brother and I decided we'd take a month off and travel Costa Rica. He was somehow able to get a month off and since I work online it was no sweat for me. I had been talking about doing some traveling for a while, but never seem to actually get around to doing it. He was the driving force behind this trip and if not for him I'm sure I'd still be sitting in my dank apartment playing online poker. So I booked a flight to LAX where I would meet up with Dan (he lives in San Diego). We were scheduled to depart LAX to Costa Rica at 8pm but my flight from San Francisco got delayed by 3 hours. So we missed our plane and had to pay a re-booking fee to the tune of $158 each ( I did the SFO to LAX flight last minute and had used a different airline then the one we had chosen to fly with to Costa Rica)

The only good bit of news was that Dan was able to meet a girl on his Amtrak ride up from San Diego. As it turns out she had a friend staying with her from Miami and had invited us over to her place for drinks since we missed our flight. I know! Dan works fast! So I'm not expecting too much at this point. I have no idea what  her friend is like or if she's even attractive but I'm game. Dan's girl was pretty hot but the girl I got set up with was this smoking twenty something Latina model! I couldn't believe it, I was way out of my league! I tried not to let it phase me though and basically ended up holding my own. I managed to open the champagne they had bought with out injuring anyone and did my part to be entertaining with some quick wit here and there. Mostly I just listened to her talk about herself. I've found listening when the girl is talking to be a pretty sound strategy. Hell, I'll probability just put my foot in my mouth if I try and string together more than two consecutive sentences. I did manage to bring the subject around to music and dance though,  and scored some points when I mentioned I can do the various latin dances. She perked up and immediately put on some music and we danced a few merengue's and salsa's.  At this point I'm actually happy I missed my flight!

Later we all went to a bar and had a few more drinks. Dan and I were mostly just trying not to drool too much on Anabelle. Then the other girl mentioned she had to work early the next day, so we (and when I say we I mean they) decided to call it a night. It was a little after 1am. Just as we were all leaving the bar, Anabelle faintly whispered in my ear "I wish I could spend the night with you". I can't be 100% sure she said that because her whisper was so soft, but that's what I think/ maybe wanted to hear. I leaned toward her and said " did you say what I think you said?" She replied "maybe" with a devious smile. I smiled back and didn't say anything. Well, she may/ probability was just shining me on but it was still a pleasant thought. I got her number and might give her a call when I return from vacation. I figured out something else tonight in regards to talking to women. It is much better to find out stuff about them in a natural conversational manner. I made the mistake of asking Anabelle her age earlier in the evening to which I got no answer. Later on that night I was able to find out as it came up in conversation and was asked in a much less direct manner. Dan and I ended up crashing at a hotel. We had a mandatory check out of noon and no car, so we ended up spending 8 hours at the airport before our flight finally departed for Costa Rica.