Let the good times roll

Let the good times roll... rolling in 2012- NYE 2011/Bye-bye Zeke.

NYE was spent in Yuma, AZ. I was living with my friend Lily at the time and she was planning on spending NYE in L.A. So I made plans with my friend's Nancy and Lacy. One the evening before NYE. I went to Lacy's house and we went up to Fry's to buy various beers to taste test. We then headed to Lacy's to watch the UFC fights as I offered to pay since my favorite fighter was on the card. I had been talking to a guy named Zeke so I invited him to her house to watch with us.

Zeke arrived and we watched the fights. Lacy and Nancy went to bed after the fights and Zeke and I stayed up watching horror movies. I think he finally left around 3AM. I slept like shit and eventually woke up at 8AM. I ate breakfast with the girls and headed back to Lily's to get ready and nap.

I was unsuccessful with my napping and headed over to Lacy's around noon to pick up some supplies and head out to the river. By supplies I mean beer and bait. We were on our way with Lacy's dog Benji in tow. We spent 3.5 hours at the river listening to music, drinking beer and chatting. Benji ran around. Lacy managed to catch one fish before completely ignoring the pole for the rest of the afternoon and we headed back to town when the sun started to go down and the weather got a little cooler.

Again, I went to Lily's to nap and get ready but was unsuccessful as Lily was home and I had not seen her in 2 weeks. We caught up a bit and then we both got ready and both left. I arrived at Lacy's and we debated about even doing anything since we were all hungover from being drunk once in the day. I also received a message on my computer from Zeke wanting to know where we were going as his phone broke. We decided upon a local dive bar because we figured it'd be less busy. Nancy was still only 75% weight bearing following a reconstructive surgery to her knee and standing all night really wasn't an option nor wall to wall crowds. Luckily Pop-a-top was only moderately busy and we got a table easily. It was also karaoke night and it was bad karaoke which was entertaining. I also learned a new song about a old, wet, hot pussy......cat. Nice.

After a while Zeke showed up and was in rare form.....Drunk... and a ball of energy. He was also very talkative which was abnormal for him. Around 1AM, we decided to head home and offered Zeke and his friend a ride to their hotel. They agreed and thats where Nancy got awkward. Nancy knows that I am looking for an aggressive guy, I'm sick of guys that beat around the bush. On the ride home Zeke was complaining about his uncomfortable hotel mattress. So Nancy said “If you want to go home with someone, you should just ask.” This lead to a strange exchange between them and we eventually left (and Zeke was still at the hotel, for the record.) When I got home, I had a computer message waiting saying:

Zeke: “So that was a strange conversation I had with Nancy lol”

Me: “lol... yeah for whatever reason my friends tend to do shit like that.”

Zeke: “Lol and here I had my hopes up it was because you had told her you wanted me to come over...damn. Haha”

Me: I could go over the play by play but I'll go with no comment... that's the easier, quicker answer. You will never know.”

Zeke: “Oh that's just mean!!! Lol. You're lucky I can't drive or I'd come find you haha”

Me: “I'm sure your imagination is far better than what transpired... I spent a great deal of time avoiding playing country music. Lol. and are you threatening me now?”

Zach: “Hahaha. Maybe I am”

Me: “ha...that's okay it was an idle threat...”

Zach: “Only cause I can't drive lol”

Me: “okay so if/then statement.”

Zach: “Lol if I could, I'd come over and make your night more interesting haha”

Me: “okay... I think "drunk Zeke" already did. Lol...”

Zach: “Hahaha yeah I can be interesting”

This conversation was followed by boring talk before I went to bed at 3:30AM.

Ironically, Zeke deleted his facebook the next day. I also didn't hear from him for a solid 5 days before I decided to be the bigger person and sent him a message (via computer) that wished him luck over seas. He responded with “sorry, just got my phone fixed and deleted facebook due to drama.” I basically gave him the have a nice life line.  In the interim, I moved to Kingman, Arizona to start my new work assignment.  

I came back in town the weekend after I moved, visiting the girls. Saturday, Nancy, Lacy and I went to the gun show at the fairgrounds and then we went to a bar to watch the Lions play in the playoffs for the first time in 50 some years. They of course lost which lead to a very buzzed More Bling. After the game, we went to Mineshaft. While there Zeke started texting me saying “You should be in Yuma so we can hang out.” I told him that I was in town and told him he could meet us at the bar. He came. It was awkward. I was annoyed by his behavior and I eventually left early with Lily. I think he stayed with Veronica and Roxie. That was the last time I spoke to Zeke.

Apparently, he's been out with the girls a few times since I left. Nancy of course grilled him and he said that he never made any moves on me because we initially discussed being friends only. Since we never discussed a change in that he thought he couldn't put any moves on me. He also thought I was really cool and didn't want to go there since he doesn't think he is going to return from Afghanistan. He told her that he deleted his facebook because he has a bounty on his head for when he's in Afghanistan.

That excuse is fine and dandy except he reactivated facebook about 3 weeks later and still has it active while in Afghanistan. Hmmmm.... sorta defeats the point.  

Update:  Since I wrote this... Zeke was involved in some sort of attack overseas.  From what I can tell, he was badly burned on his hands/arms.  He was back in the states recovering prior to me deleting him as a friend on facebook.  Zeke was a pretty nice guy that had seen more than his fair share in his short life while being overseas... including having his best friend die in his arms.  Zeke was also partially deaf and qualified for hearing aids from being around explosions at close range.  All and all, he was a great guy but the timing was bad: I was moving and he was preparing to go overseas....