Vacation Week

I’ve been on vacation this week and have been enjoying it. Getting a lot of things done and having a lot of fun. It started Saturday with one hell of a Breeders’ Cup party at Doc’s place. Only about 7 people there but it was one of the best times I’ve had in a while. Numerous times throughout the day I laughed so hard there were tears coming out of my eyes, and I wasn’t the only one. Greg was on a mission to get drunk, and boy did he! By the next to last race (the Breeders’ Cup Turf) he was puking in a trash can. Mission accomplished! I said to Ed that I’ve never watched a Breeders’ Cup race while someone was getting sick. Sounds terrible, but it was actually damn funny. You could see it coming as he mixed a batch of Kamikazes around 12:45 in the afternoon and enjoyed many of them (and other drinks) during the afternoon.

And how about the new World Series champs, the Philadelphia Phillies! I’ve been a NY Mets fan for a long time, but really got on the Phillies side this year as they were an extremely exciting team to watch during the season. You could never count them out of any game. I couldn’t help but root for them. Maybe I’m just a fair weather fan, but this team was great to watch all year and made me like baseball more than ever. Congratulations to them.

On a more personal note, this was the first Breeders' Cup for me without my oldest friend in the world, Manny. He chose to stay home and watch it. We’ve had a falling out and it was a bit strange. I had kind of distanced myself from him lately as I feel he has changed a lot and a couple weeks ago we talked about it. He decided not to be my friend anymore. It got a bit ugly and he also said some things about other friends. I’m really sorry it has come to this. I listened to the song “How Many Friends” by The Who tonight remembering how many times we listened to it over the years. “How many friends have I really got, count ‘em on one hand.” In my heart and mind he’ll always be a friend. I hope he’s OK.

This Sunday is my 50th birthday. Where did the time go? Joanne is taking me out Saturday for a steak dinner to celebrate and is also coming over to make me lunch on Sunday. Can’t wait!!

Went over to Doc's on Tuesday and Ed and Jane brought a cake for my birthday. It was an angel food cake with chocolate whipped cream. My mother always made the same thing on birthdays for me and my brothers. Very nice. Also a couple of wonderful cards from everyone. Ed does homemade cards with pictures and interesting editing of us all and this year's was great. THANKS!!