One of those a's with the circle around it

I just can't cut him off…I can't seem to let Georgia go. For those of you who need a reminder, here is the link to the last time I wrote about this simple southern boy from Georgia who never seems to completely disappear from my life. Well we had weekly phone conversations that didn't last too long, but eventually made a plan to make an effort to meet up. After all this time I hadn't laid eyes on him since 1998, he had twice nearly died and every couple of years asked his sister to look me up on the computer. Because his computer skills were a bit below par…simple southern man. He was a hard worker and dedicated to making things happen for him, all the while doing so without the use of a computer, google or storing phone numbers in his phone. Months went by and we started actually talking about meeting up. And then, without warning, poof…he disappeared from my life again. No trace left at all. I googled him, i called and left messages and nothing. I was certain he had been killed. I left little to mourn because I did not really know him, I just had this, thing, whatever you may call it with him.

Well, sure enough, 2 days before I left my job in Houston, he called me on my company cell phone. What are the odds? You may ask. With him, they are pretty good. He has a knack for this. My first question to him after about 8 months of silence was "Were you in jail?". His response was "No, I've just been workin'". and I wish, I wish with so much that you could hear the deep southern Georgia accent he says this with, as well as the, calm essence of unsure why I would even ask. We start up our conversations again, after i told him I would have to call him back as I was moving to South America a week later. Well we talked about two weeks ago and he asked me to send him pictures from Chile of what it looks like. I had to request him to get an email address, as I was not about to spend the money to send pictures through snail mail. He said "yea, I got one of them, I just gotta ask my sister what it is". Well, today I got it and to hear him give it to me was so sweet and unfortunately made me burst into laughter. He said it like this "(his initials and last name) an a with one of them circles around it period c-o-m". Why do i continue to talk to him? Because though he is older than me, his innocence in the world of the internet is almost indearing. Plus, you can pretty much guaranty he won't ever end up meeting Chris Harrison from Dateline on "to Catch a predator"…my bet is that he is harmless.

Ahhh, here I am in Santiago, Chile surrounded by beauty in nature and in men and I just had a 30 minute conversation with someone who without question, will always be a part of my life, whether or not I ever actually see him in person again. Life…it is a funny thing.

Do I have stories of being single in Santiago? Yes…are they juicy? In some circles…Will I share them here? Without a doubt…wait for them, they will come...