The curse. Insomnia. My unintentional sleep deprived existence. When I get 8 hours I'm blessed. If I get 5 I'm happy at the least.
I should have been exhausted. We left the office at around 1030 I believe en route to the harbor where my employer had charted a yacht to take us under the sun for 4 hours. I rode with Ozzie and believe it or not I listened to Michael Jackson. By 11:45 we were all on the boat and the booze cruise began. With my Eagle Scout mentality of being prepared I had a new pair of Rx sunglasses made the night before, along with a new Rx and regular glasses. I felt for those on the boat who did not have protective eyewear. Lake Michigan on the picture perfect day can be painful.
My Eagle Scout status did not give me the common sense to eat enough to offset the Amstel Light I administered to quench my thirst. But beer is the cure for the summertime blues ain't it? All in all the ride was a lot tof fun and went by quicker than it actually was. 4 hours flew by and the group actually had another reservation and that was in Greektown where eeryone conviened for even more. Talk about really going all out. When they give you a day off you get a day off and then some.
So I got to know a few of my co-workers some more I had realized one of the girls I work with actually hangs out at my favorite watering hole, Ranalli's. So as fate would have it we went there and I inducted her into the Beer Mafia and Kelly, Sherrie and Brian showed up and though I should have been cut off hours before I did not have the ability.
Needless to say I went home with Kelly, fell hard asleep and as usual was up too early. I actually started to get ready for work out of habit without realizing it was the weekend. Kelly scolded me that I didn't have to work and that was it. I was awake. So I spent the day cleaning her house while she was at work. My mentality is that if she has to spend Saturday cleaning her own place, that's less time I actually get to spend with her. Besides, what else was I going to do? Fight the masses outside that are just out our backdoors who are here for the air show.
......................................TBC
Posted by Alex Zander at August 22, 2005 07:20 AM