24Dec 2007

Most sick I’ve been in years

By 24 Dec 2007 7 Personal 0

WARNING:  This post is a little gross.

Saturday I had a friend (Ian Ragusa) over for the afternoon and we did a few things around the house.  Sandy made us dinner – beef stroganoff and pumpkin pie.  After dinner, Sandy and I watched the football game and went to bed.

I woke up Sunday morning at 3:30 AM with terrible stomach pains and threw up several times.  The same thing happened at 5:00 and 6:30 AM.  It happened a couple more times after that.

I don’t mean to be gross, but it was the sickest I have been in probably 20 years.  As the day went by, I spent most of it in bed.  About noontime I drank a half glass of water.  In the afternoon, I had a half piece of toast.  In the early evening I had about 4 saltine crackers.  At about 8 PM I had a half bowl of soup.

Here’s the crazy part.  I wake up today and I’m fine.  (My stomach muscles hurt for obvious reasons, but I ate a normal breakfast.)  I ate breakfast and am at work now.  Also, my wife never got sick at all.

I think I’ll call Ian to see if he got sick.  Strange!

18Dec 2007

Don’t rush fried eggs

By 18 Dec 2007 2 Family, Fun 0

I learned something this morning.  For months now I have been driving through McDonalds several times per week buying an egg McMuffin for breakfast.  But my wife tells me it’s too expensive. 

So this morning I finally broke down and made my own eggs for breakfast.  Unfortunately, I turned the heat up too high (trying to rush) and ended up forcing down fried eggs that were runny on the inside.

Pretty gross.

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03Dec 2007

Celtics and Bobcats game!

By 03 Dec 2007 0 Fun 0

Last week Sandy and I went to the game between the Charlotte Bobcats and the Boston Celtics.  In case you have not heard, Boston is basically dominating all sports this year (Patriots, Red Sox, and now the Celtics).

The really amazing part of this is the Celtics part.  The Boston Celtics have not really been all that good since I was a teenager and Larry Bird and company were absolutely amazing.  So it’s a real throw back for me to see the Celtics actually have a good team this year for the first time in a long time.

At any rate, I was dying to see this new and improved Celtics team.  So I bought tickets over a month in advance to this one of only two games that they are playing here in Charlotte.  Sandy and I went to the game last Saturday.

As most people know by now, there are quite a few New Englanders in the Charlotte area, especially up here in the Lake Norman region.  So it was no surprise that there were several green shirts throughout the auditorium.  My wife had an all green sweater on and I had my Boston Bruins sweatshirt.  (The only Boston team that still needs support.)

The Bobcats were actually winning through most of the game.   With seconds left in the game, the Bobcats were ahead by 2 points and had the ball.  They just had to inbound it and hold on to it.  Sandy and I were standing, but expected to see our beloved Celtics lose.

The fans around us were screaming and yelling.  We stood quietly and disappointed.

You can see what happened next in the video below.

Needless to say, I pretty much lost my mind.  The entire auditorium fell somewhat quiet, and every “green-shirted” audience member was jumping and screaming.  I was the only one in my section screaming and yelling except for four guys in New England Patriots sweatshirts in my same row.  I had to practically climb over two big Bobcat fans to give them high fives.

Sandy and I watched for a minute or so and then went out to the hallway to find our way home.  There, several fans with Boston Red Sox hats and green shirts on were all slapping high five.

Everyone else looked so dejected.

Wow!  What a game!

Go Celtics!!

(and Pats!)

I think I’ll go buy tickets for the next time the Celtics come to town on Saturday, April 5.