Gimme a Breaksville!

In four days I'm going to Mexico, to this place here. I've kept quiet about it to not upset the vengeful travel gods, who love nothing better than smiting overjoyed vacationers (see 2005, June). I'm also trying to downplay any excitement that would cause the rest of the week to be unbearable. I'm also, due to my cynical nature, trying to make a list of all the potential disasters that could occur while on the trip. The ten-day forecast is already showing an unseasonal week of rain. I'm remarkably cocky about my linguistic skillz, despite the fact that I dropped out of second-semester Spanish in college not once but twice. I can't imagine avoiding what will surely be a horrific sunburn. I may get bored of sitting by the beach all day. I mean, obviously it will be nicer weather than Chicago, and obvs it will be more enjoyable than working, but could all this vacation $ be better spent on a low-end plasma TV? I'm always big on experiences, but planning them ahead of time can be hit or miss. This concludes me complaining about going to Mexico for a week. I'm excited, don't get me wrong.

Here was my Saturday: Wake up when M gets home at 9, half-sleep another hour. Eat cereal and read for a bit. Move to the couch at 11 am. Watch Iowa-Penn St basketball game, watch Wisconsin-Northwestern basketball game, watch Wash-Seattle playoff game, watch NE-Den playoff game. I think I ate food and possibly showered sometime in there. I stayed on the couch for most of SNL too. But 11.5 straight hours of sports was quite nice. Sometime around hour 5 or 6 I had the idea that I'd take off of work the first Thursday and Friday of the NCAA basketball tournament. See, this is where a wide screen plasma high definition TV would come in handy. I have 20" of regular ol' basic TV, which was a high school graduation present. I'm an unintentional luddite.

Gambling tip #1: If you live in a city with a major sports team, you'll always be able to find some sucker who is willing to make a straight-up bet on them against substantial odds. Due to the Bears not making the Super Bowl, I win $20. Hooray!

Bought tickets to a co-headlining New Pornographers/Belle & Sebastian show in March, going to be awesome. Seeing Ted Leo the day before, too.

I've had an upset stomach since yesterday; most likely my trip is going to be ruined.