The Rupture

Well, that trip was disappointing. Got on the plane on Friday, flew to Seattle, was supposed to have a 3 hour layover, ended up as 8. Got into San Jose, experienced road rage within 3 minutes of obtaining the rental car (hell no, buddy, you're not getting in front of me)! Made it to Santa Cruz, chewed people out at midnight for talking loudly in the parking lot (hey, I'm old and tired).

The next morning was nice and relaxing, went for a walk on the beach, played some video games on the Boardwalk (Ms Pacman, Space Invaders, Frogger, and Donkey Kong -- games older than the groom), changed for the wedding and got there way too early. Met my friend's girlfriend who, despite popular belief, is not a blow up doll and is actually very intelligent and likeable and looks a little bit like Nicole Kidman. The wedding was a very long Catholic ceremony and the reception was quite boring, but with free food and beer, who actually noticed? Apparently, there was an after party at some club downtown, but I'd had enough of those people and they weren't meeting up until 9:00 which is after my bed time (told you I was old). I took a walk along the cliffs and then went back to my room to watch The Chronicles of Riddick which was ten times better than Pitch Black which I could never watch all the way through.

The next day I went to Milpitas to the Great Mall of the Bay Area which has every conceivable outlet. All I found to spend money on was a $10 manicure and lunch at Fresh Choice. Then back to the airport. Where my flight was delayed and since I was supposed to have a tight connection, I got off of one plane and directly onto another. And then ruptured my eardrum. That's right. That'll top off the trip that I didn't really want to go on in the first place. Of course, I leave in four days for St Louis so I'm debating on whether or not I should risk the pain and hearing loss. My ear hurt a little when I went down the grade to Lewiston yesterday so I'm just not sure if I can risk pressure of 30,000 feet. I'll probably go because I'm stupid like that.