Vacation Was Awesome

It really helps to clear your mind (a ton) by going on vacation. The wife and I just returned from Ocean City, NJ after a week stay and we definitely spent the trip relaxing, taking in some sun and winning some MONEY.

On Monday, we arrived early in the OC - sans Lauren Conrad - and spent the day soaking up the rays - not those first place Tampa Bay Rays - before waiting an 1 1/2 hour for a half decent dinner at Crap "Tourist" Trap in Somers Pt.

On Tuesday, we spent another day on the beach dealing with the screaming of nutty high school boys trying to show off for their high school girls squeezes - i keep getting older and they keep staying the same age.

On Wednesday, we ventured further south in jersey and spent the day at the Wetlands Institute where we learned a TON about white and black egrete and even got to see for the first time live Terrapins -- Fear the Turtle. After that we headed down to wildwood to enjoy the boardwalk and relive my childhood days -- my family and i took an annual trip down there every summer. the shine is definitely off wildwood, i'll tell you.

The highlight of the day - BY FAR - was the wife and my clear domination of A Deal or No Deal game where you actually picked a case and eliminated the other ones. the prize was a bunch of tickets to buy prizes - you know those crappy bouncy balls or plastic rings. well, in one of the games, we took the bankers deal of 501 tickets when there was only the 1,000 ticket and 3 ticket case. turns out we had the 1,000 ticket case, but i was happy with our deal. we ended up getting Yahtzee with our 780 tickets.

The day got better when we returned to our room and I found out that the Yankees had traded Kyle Farnsworth for Ivan Rodriguez. I don't care how much Pudge's skills have diminished as a catcher since he was a perennial All-Star in the late 90s. I don't care how "good" Kyle Farnsworth looked this year. I still never trusted that guy in a big game and know that he would have blown up this year in September and - hopefully - October.

On Thursday - we soaked up more rays and I literally basked in the realization that Manny Ramirez will no longer haunt - HAUNT! - my Yankees. I think I was more excited about his trade to the Dodgers as I was when I found out at the Yankees got Pudge.

On Friday, it was more of the same. When discussing at dinner what we were going to do that night - and faced with "more of the same", the wife threw out the suggestion of taking the 20 minute trip to AC and i literally sprung out of my seat at the suggestion - shows you where my head is at! we spent a couple hours at Trump - a sorry excuse for a casino - and Caesars - a quality casino - and I ended up winning $70 after playing poker for only about an hour.

Today, we had breakfast and drove the 2+ hours home. we definitely are happy to be home and are still questioning how we can be tired after returning from a week long vacation. ...