Friday, December 24, 2010

48 Hours in St. Louis

Out of all the times I've ever flown, I've never been delayed until yesterday. And it happened twice. Once while sitting in the airport and once while we sat in the airplane waiting to take off. Still, after being delayed for 50 minutes, the plane was only a little late. We got off the plane (after they finally managed to get the jet bridge out to us) at around 7 and my boarding time was 7:25. I still ran... A big mistake as my lungs were burning for almost an hour and I felt like I was going to pass out. I made it to the gate in time and still had about 20 minutes to sit around before we boarded the plane. I felt like an idiot as I sat there huffing and weezing. I'm sure the people around me were staring, but I felt like I was going to die, so I didn't really care.

I didn't really get a cache to eat real food yesterday, and I didn't manage to sleep but for about two hours the night before, so when I arrived in St. Louis  all I could think about was eating and sleeping. We came home and I ate about a pound of pasta that some friends of the family had brought over because it was super delicious. 

After the feast, I brought Fast Food Nation, a movie from Netflix, and we watched that. One of those movies that is so overbearingly political, making that same political statements over and over and over again, that you almost want to scream "OK, ENOUGH!" by the time it's over. Besides that, gratuitous violence, constant profanity, and soft core porno, the movie was pretty decent. Maybe it was such a big disappointment because we thought we were renting a documentary. Oh well, at least we didn't pay movie theater prices to see it. Thank you Netflix.

This morning I wanted to capture "the Tacet game" on video and I had to do a little instigating to get it done. 

Here's an explanation of what you're about to watch. Lilly (our dog, the smaller Bassett Hound) likes to pester the beast, Tacet (the much larger and completely blind Bassett Hound). The method by which she accomplishes this is quite hilarious. Lilly will sneak up on Tacet (either from the front or the rear, it doesn't matter because Tacet is completely blind) and bark at her to get her riled up. Tacet will then chase her around the two recliners in the middle of the living room barking and snipping at her the whole way. This video only shows a small Tacet Game session (only started because I got Lilly all stirred up by fighting with her and waiting until Tacet lumbered by and pushed Lilly towards Tacet.) Enjoy. 

http://db.tt/1kDmSnV 

The time here in St Louis will end on Christmas evening when I fly home. I hate traveling, especially on Christmas, but that's retail for ya. At least I'm flying instead of driving. 

It could always be worse. I could still be working Best Buy. Lol.

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