What's All the Fuss?

I smoked my first bowl the other day. No big deal.

It's weird how it happened. I was talking to one of my customers and he mentioned going on a trip. I said, "Oh, I've been there. I have some travel books. Let's go get a drink and talk about it." Yeah, if you come to the bank and I legitimately like you as a person, then I'll totally have a drink with you. Nothing new. I work near a lot of bars that I frequent. I'm bound to run into some customers. They know I'm a whiskey and beer fan.

Anyway, we go get a drink. He buys me a beer, I give him a map. I like negotiations like this.

One of his friends asks us if we want to go back to his place to smoke a bowl. We were just talking about cigars and hookahs. So stupidly, I think just a good ol' bowl of shisha in the hookah. That's how I roll. Well, I guess I don't really roll. I pack. Haha. So we go in and I realize my mistake. Then I quickly weigh the pros and cons. Shoulders get shrugged and a quiet "meh" is said to myself. I'm in. Pass me a lighter. I look around and realize that there's no music playing. This experience is slowly mellowing. But wait! The Beatles' White Album on vinyl? Hell yeah, folks. We're now in business.

So I tried it. A bit anticlimactic. But I'll try it again. I always say that everything is worth trying at least twice.