I was out of town this weekend after a crazy week of work, trying not to get sick, having a pregnant wife who was sick, etc. I was offline for 75 blissful hours. We were away at the beach for the weekend (of which I should get some pix up and on Flickr also). But because I missed Monday, the day that some people got back from being away for nearly two weeks, it’s like I missed everything. Luckily, my colleagues have my back.
Why people roll in with a, “Welcome back!” when you miss one freakin day of work after they just missed 5-15 in a row and just happened to get back a day ahead of you if beyond me. Congratulations, yes. You showed up at work. I was en route from the ocean. You are clearly the model peer after whom I should fashion my work ethic.
Okay, rant over. I learned a few things this weekend which some folks might find helpful:
1) Ocean City (Maryland) is freakin far away.
2) Those “Extreme” Blazin Buffalo Wing flavor of Pringles with the hotsauce bottle on the can are amazing and taste like Texas Pete with some salt.
3) Sol is not bad with lime. Better without though.
4) If you eat enchiladas with cheese and you are lactose intolerant and also have double beans (because the rice is made with chicken stock) and three beers for dinner, go sleep alone. (OMG)
5) Leave your datebook home if you go away because it helps you forget all the mounds of shit you have to do when you get back (which I did).
6) Don’t leave your sandals within ten feet of a hose by the beach because some ignorant yuppie will hose down your shoes like a douche.
7) Sand tastes like crap.
8) Just because everyone and their mother swears by a certain breakfast joint, that does not mean that it will not contain rednecks with staring problems, a rude staff, undercooked eggs. I’m not naming names. But the same breakfast joint everyone talks about, yeah, it sucks. Even my dad who’d been there before and used to like it said that it sucked. I eat very quickly, but I’ve never managed to feel so rushed at 10 am on a Monday morning.
9) Jimmy’s Kitchen (on Fenwick Island, Deleware) has excellent omelets.
10) Tequila Mockingbird has very good refried black beans, esp if you use a copious amount of the nice selection of hotsauces on your table.
