Friday, August 26, 2005

Best Sandwich I Ever Had

It was a sunny, beautiful August day. The slight breeze outperformed the warm sun on this day. It was over an hour before noon, but the light sensation in the pit of my stomach told me otherwise. Being a male, I litened to my stomach. I had trek across a major highway in order to reach the destination. Cars whiz by at 60+ mph. Industrial trucks plow down the asphalt. Like Frogger, I was to dodge these 2 ton bullets with chrome armor. I weaved in and out of the obstacles like Ickey Woods and reached the other side of the highway to complete the Ickey shuffle. After shaking my ass and spiking the football, I lunged into the entrance of the deli, cutting off an elderly person and plowing into a fat dwarf. (Actually, there was no one there, but it sounds better with colorful characters) I approached the counter, which was glowing like the neons in Vegas. The man jots my request on a sticky note and hands it to the employee. Moments later, it was back to dodging vehicles and into my abode. The pasty-colored wrapper was shredded and the reward smiled at me with all it's might. Crunchy hero roll wrapped around crispy bacon, slightly-charred ham, and a flavorful sausage patty, with perfectly cooked eggs, warmly seasoned potato wedges, salt, pepper, ketchup, and melted cheese flowing around the mouth of the friendly sub. It told me its name was The BellyBuster. I smiled and ate the delight and smiled back at it, knowing it would be proud of my joy. And that was the story of the best sandwich I ever had. It was today, and my only complaint is that it actually did not in fact "bust my belly." Good stuff. If you ever visit and can eat sandwiches, you should indeed partake.

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

If We Ever Wanted To Open a Bed & Breakfast, We'd Be In Trouble

August is here. That means vacations are at prime time. Unfortunately, ours is long gone. Our trip to Toronto was a blast. Great fun. The Jays won the game we actually went to 11-6, but lost the other 3 games of the series to the lowly Devil Rays. The hotel in Rogers Centre was unbelievable-the best hotel I have ever stayed in. Restaurants overlooking the field. Sweet. If I ever find the software for my digital camera, then I'll post some pictures. We ended our vacation in Niagara Falls, which was quite a show. It was boiling out that day, but we got cooled off by the mighty falls. My only regret is that I wish we could have spent more than a day there and less time driving home. Anyway, my summer of doing nothing is over as I had said to myself I will start doing serious work for school once August comes around, and it did, so thus ends my lazy summer. I have a workshop to attend next Wednesday, and then an orientation the entire week that follows. Add to this that I have to set up my classroom and laptop for school and then do plans and research. Blah. I'm excited about starting my first school year, but nervous as hell. Too many questions have been floating about my brain, even during my lazy month of summer...

Moving out/in has been fun in some ways and misery in others. When purchasing our living room furniture, I had a brilliant idea of sleeping in the sofabed until I start getting regular paychecks to pay for a bedroom set. That idea failed after less than a month. Our move in day was technically July 1st, but we didn't actually start staying here until the 8th, and then we were away for about a week, so that is why it has been less than a month. Mattress and boxspring with frame getting delivered today between 11 and 3, so no more sofabed starting today. Hopefully good sleep will follow. I found filling the apt with our own possessions is satisfying, however, buying more possessions to fill the apt with is not pleasurable. That being said, we haven't really been able to afford going out much, so this Saturday is probably our biggest plan to date--going to my brother's drunk-b-q. I may blog more now that I'll be taking breaks between doing work & research, but I have said that before and my last blog was sometime in june.