Amber
Sometimes it takes getting away to appreciate what you have. Vacations and time away from work are awesome. I won’t deny it. I like “escaping” from myself. Somehow though, “myself” tends to follow me around. I am a clutsy, goof-ball, nerd that likes to exercise and chat with people. I try to be suave while on vacation but alas, that is not happening so far on this trip. I have a couple of examples of this and please bear in mind I’ve only been gone one day. I swear, if I ever take a real vacation, like a week on the beach, I’m doomed.
Yesterday my lovely husband and I left our home and drove up to Kansas City to watch the first of what we hoped to be many games for our SBU Bearcat women’s and men’s teams. The girl’s played their game yesterday and while they had moments of glory they just couldn’t overcome the #1 seeded Washburn Icabods. (Yeah, I know…they are Icabods. What is that anyway?) We left the auditorium and checked into our motel and just lazed around for the remainder of the afternoon. It was about this point that I developed a nasty headache. A poke-your-eyeballs-out-with-a-fork type headache. One of my momma’s remedies for a headache is hot sweet tea. Whether it really works or not is unclear to me. It’s psychological. Headache = hot sweet tea. As I staggered to the mini-coffee pot to make some tea I was immediately confounded by the cord to the pot and consequently dropped the glass carafe on the floor. Glass goes everywhere. Housekeeping is gone for the day already so I had to troop down to the front desk to get the vacuum while Ry so kindly picks up the big pieces of glass. Way to go, Sarah.
As if that wasn’t enough, after we get it all cleaned up and I’m laying here on the bed like a dead trout, I decided I really should tell my little friend “C” (who plays for the girl’s basketball team) good job today at the game and that I hope to see her tomorrow. Let me give you a little technical information first to proceed this story. I have a wonderfully smart cellphone called a Droid. It does everything. I’d say 90% of the time it does all my thinking for me and it is correct. It has a feature that auto-corrects any word it thinks you have spelled wrong. I’m continuously sending text messages to people that do not make any sense because Droid tries to be uber-smart and assume it knows what I’m saying. You would think based on past history of wrong text messages I would proofread things I send more carefully. Not so, when you have a bad headache. Back to the story…I write on C’s facebook “Good job today! Sorry we didn’t get to stay and tell you bye. Will you be at the guy’s game tomorrow?” At least that’s what I thought I said. Immediately after I hit “send” I noticed what Droid did to my message. “Good boob today.” Oh. My. Goodness. Did I really just put out there for the world to see ? At this point I am laughing hysterically, embarrassed to the roots of my scalp, and frantically writing to C to explain my mishap. She was beyond magnanimous about my inappropriate mistake and thankfully she will still speak to me. I think.
So, all that being said, it is safe to say that the only thing going right on this trip is the VW Bug. I am over my headache this morning but Ry is suffering from some weird junk (we think drainage from his sinus infection) and is miserable. I have a feeling we’ll be spending lots of quality time in this motel room. Good thing I have a nook that is fully loaded for all my nerdy-goodness.
TODAY I LOVE: excedrine midraine and peanut M&M’s
SONG OF THE DAY: “Amber” by 311
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One of my favorite songs too! Have a great trip and we hope to hear all about the rest of the story soon.
Mel
I hope you enjoy your vacation and get all refreshed before you have to go back to your boob.
I love word correction on my phone. It’s been a never ending stream of laughter for me.
Enjoy KC! My fav city.