• Take me out to the woodshed.

    A little corporal punishment would have been less painful than watching the Gators lose this afternoon.

    Oddly enough, I enjoyed myself at Busch Gardens this morning. No one else was there and we walked onto everything we wanted to ride. Cheryl was gracious enough to let me set the pace, and I set it to the lowest setting. Even my sleep deprived body was up to a casual stroll through a moderate Florida winter day. We ambled our way from ride to ride, hit seven rides before noon, and had our fill by 1 p.m. We did lunch off property on our way home and got back to the homestead by 2:30 p.m. Unfortunately, I set the DVR to record the game.

    Now it’s dinner time, I’ve watched the game, and I’ve wasted all of the good karma from a solid family outing by swearing up a storm in the presence of my television.

    Thank goodness there is very little that Kraft Macaroni and Cheese won’t fix. My dorm room staple comes through in a pinch once again.

  • Happy New Year… now go to bed.

    Those party horns – the ones that you can get in a set of twenty at the dollar store – I’d like to take several and shove them where the clean air doesn’t blow. Everyone in my house (except for me) is asleep, so it must be coming from outside. They’re impossible to ignore. Please God, I just want to sleep. If Cheryl or Beth wakes me up early tomorrow to leave for Bush Gardens… well, … I don’t know, I guess I’ll be really disappointed. What else am I going to do?

    Not having served in the military, I am left to wonder if the fireworks going off outside make the neighborhood sound like a war zone. When the concussion rattles the window, you know it has to be illegal. Am I the only scrooge on my street? I hate New Years. Ba humbug.

    Or maybe I’m just tired.

  • Just a few precious hours later…

    Medical science would classify my current state as “Conscious”, or in layman’s terms “awake”. I am not entirely sure I would agree with them. Do you ever tire of my whining? In just a few moments we will be departing for the Bush Gardens. A good time will be had by all, OR ELSE!