Crap-hole motel
Top ten good things about being stuck in a crap-hole motel in Texas:
10: Makes your crap-hole house look waaaay better than it did
9: Chance to catch up on tv you never seem to have time for such as “The 2008 Lumberjack Games” and reruns of “Square Pegs”
8: Meet fun new people who drop by your room to see if you have change for a dollar. They don’t actually have a dollar so I’m not sure why they’re asking. Oh… now I get it…
7: Maggie never gets tired of all the scary smells in the corners of the room.
6: Unlimited web-surfing time so you have plenty of time to read all the blogs that are funnier than yours and wonder why you can’t think of anything to write anymore
5: Unlimited web-surfing time so you can fall in love with Tetris all over again. Only to find that — compared to your 23 year old self — your 43 year old reflexes are so slow you might as well be in a coma. Luckily when you get frustrated and throw pizza crust at wall… it isn’t your wall.
4: Getting an unusual amount of excercise repeatedly going to parking lot to see if truck is still out there. Just kidding — I don’t really care if truck is still there or not.
3: Making new friend in form of Pizza delivery guy. Finding yourself saying things like, “how did the NyQuil work last night, are you feeling better?” and “see you tomorrow, Andy”
2: “YeeHaws” and banjo music outside your window just sound better at 2:00am
And the number one thing good thing about being stuck in a crap-hole motel in Texas… you’re not spending the weekend sitting under an overpass on I-10
Dang! But haven’t I a lot to be thankful for.
I gave up Tetris forever after watching this guy play it… for I will never come close to being as good as he is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo
Sounds like it is an exceptional experience for Maggie. Made for a great post. How much longer?
Good lord! That video is amazing!
He’s probably a cyborg or something. You would think they would know we are going to realize they aren’t human when they play games like that.
Here I was bummed out because I’m not half as good as I once was. I had no idea how bummed I should actually be feeling.
Alex,
I’m going to say “yes, yes you do. Although it could be a lot worse. At least we are able to get diet coke delivered and the A/C is good.”
Decorina,
Yes Maggie is having a ball. Except for the fact that she has to jump up every time she hears a sound outside. Which is quite often as there appears to be a never-ending drunken hootenanny right outside our window…
No idea when we will get the truck back.