cricket is like baseball. hurling is like lacrosse. curling is like shuffleboard. sort of, not really.

one thing about a vacation where you don't really do anything is that you cannot remember what you did. one thing i just remembered that i did not do was this one work thing i said i would do last thursday. one thing. i realize it's vacation, but really, i could do the one thing. gah! one thing! one freakin thing! yeah, so i just now did it. better late than never, eh?

one thing about a vacation where you drive a long way to get there is that you are going to have a long drive home. this is why i chose a rental with satellite radio. by my good fortune, the vernal equinox rabbit brought me some fig newtons. woohoo - vernal equinox rabbit! and, i got some wheat thins at the cheapo brothers store, and i have enough empty starbux pkgs to get free talls from here to omaha, and because i am not going to omaha, i think i am all set in the coffee dept.

one thing about a vacation where you stay in someone's home is that you will end up watching on teevee what they watch on teevee and tonight here in graceland there was nearly a showing of the simpsons and this was a really big risk for me b/c i have never seen an epi of that show and would really like to keep that particular streak alive.

one thing about a vacation is that you're usually going to eat more and exercise less but i'd have to say that this time, really, there was a good balance. for exercising, there was a chance to go running with mini-me on her brilliant greenway and then here in graceland there was this kick-arse class that elvis wanted to do at the Y so we did that twice and also there was walking around town and a couple chances to go running on elvis's simply brilliant greenway and of course chasing beavis around the parc and the back yard. for meals in graceland we mostly had only 2 - brunch + supper - because we were really busy getting our arses kicked over to the Y. and of course, there was plenty of coffee and in between snacks like m&ms and jelly beans and pita chips. woohoo snacks! for meals we had, starting with evening on the first day -
-- homemade qorma & rice
-- bob evans - i had the eggs over easy, sausage, biscuits
-- fancy bistro sammiches at the fancy bistro - i had chicken with some kind of cheese i don't remember + granny smith apple + caramelized onyons
-- chinese take out - sesame chicken!
-- steel cut oats, bacon, frittata with spinach & shrooms, fruit
-- grilled burgers & chickens & peppers with chips & beans + corn
-- homemade scones, bacon, scrambled eggs, fruit
-- leftovers - i had turkey lasagna, sesame chicken!, peas, and a lovely scone

one thing about a vacation is it is never long enough, and i realize that's a cliché, and it's not like i hate my life or anything, but simply hanging out really has a lot going for it.