I tried the sport for the first time last week. (No pictures. The camera was left in the car.) And, contrary to my first experience waterskiing, I was actually able to stand up fairly quickly. I enjoyed it for the time I was actually on top of the water. I didn't think that the slamming into the water was having too big an effect on me. I seemed to be able to take it pretty well.
Then morning came.
I usually like to get up at 5 in the morning and exercise - running, cycling, or swimming. Okay...well...maybe I don't LIKE to, but I do it.
Not that morning.
My alarm went off. I opened my eyes. Head pounding. Body aching.
"I didn't realize I had muscles there," I thought to myself, in too much pain to actually move my mouth or use my vocal chords. (Although, I suppose that my being the only one home may have contributed to that, as well.)
I was late for work that day. And the next day.
My alarm went off. I opened my eyes. Head pounding. Body aching.
"I didn't realize there were muscles there," I thought to myself, in too much pain to actually move my mouth or use my vocal chords. (I suppose being the only one home contributed to that, as well.)
By the end of Thursday, I was feeling a little stronger. Strong enough, apparently, to go to a movie with Nicki and another couple. The movie started at 10:10.
PM.
Actually, the previews started at that time. And the movie was 2 hours and 22 minutes long.
How old do we think we are, for crying out loud? Must I remind you that I graduated from college 11 years ago? And I was old when that happened?
"This had better be a good movie, or I am sleeping through it," I told my partners-in-idiocy. They were quite intimidated by that threat, make no mistake.
Unfortunately for me, it was the best movie that I had ever seen with the title "Inception." Or, rather, the plot involved multiple realities/timelines, etc., that you have to keep track of or you get lost. I kind of like those types of stories and I didn't want to be lost (in limbo on the 4th level or deeper).
If the movie had been Romantic Comedy 3,257: This Time Love is Forever (starring, if I remember correctly, Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant), I would have had no worries about being lost:
Preview 1 - close eyes.
Preview 2 - REM.
Previews 3 through 17 - enjoy rest.
Wake up for Fox Fanfare. Close eyes at light, bubbly intro music.
Minute 35 - Open eyes as I shift my body for added comfort. Couple has met by this point. They are in love, but can't admit it to themselves, let alone each other. Aaaaand I'm back to sleep.
Minute 57 - Another body shift as I raise the armrest poking into my side. Couple is experiencing trials and some friction. They cannot take it. They are breaking u...sleeping again, as I hear faint sniffles coming from the row behind me.
Minute 92 - Couple is riding on a camelhorsellama away from their wedding. Everyone is happy. Roll credits. And stretch. In the end, not too much sleep is lost. It just cost me $30.
After all, can anyone really take more than 92 minutes of a romantic comedy? In fact, does it even take that long to tell that story?
Instead, we got home just after 1:00.
AM.
As in, after midnight. As in, I was up 4 hours later. No more excuses - back to the routine.
Maybe I'm not getting too old for this.
