awesome with an "E"

so here I am, 30 years old, singing hardcore songs and mashing it up to OpIvy when along comes this b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l day, smack dab in the middle of dreary old autumn. it's a spring day, and I'm fairly convinced it's just for me. so I drag my old bag of bones out to the field this morning and play some football with the boys. out-f'ing-standing. I still can't run, but my recovery time in between plays is one of the best on the field. I throw for one touchdown and catch another. we play for just under an hour, my team winning by one score. beautiful day marching on. I didn't escape unscathed, my knee and prolly my back are going to be screaming at me in the morning, but today was worth it.

home for breakfast. proving everything is better with bacon, I have some for my meal and the day gets even nicer. sun shinning, cool breeze blowing. all this plus the natural multi-cultural display that is the turning leaves. i wait around for the phone call so I can go bike riding, something I had agreed to pre-football. I knew I wasn't gonna make that 15 mile run from Washington's Crossing to New Hope, so I convinced the lady friend that Mercer Park would be a suitable alternative, and boy was it. Gloriousness to the left and right, more sun, more breeze, more colors. Today was the exact opposite of a sensory deprivation tank.

so we're heading home and I have a hankering for chicken, rice, stuffing, gravy. my favorite old school dinner. we are in agreement that food is of the order, so it's to the supermarket. after spending more time than one should ever spend in one store looking for gravy, we make for home with the goods. i whip up a fantastic meal. we scarf, then decide that pumpkin pie might just be the best way to finish everything up. I casually mention that for all the things they do wrong, Denny's has some kick-ass pumpkin pie. we make for bordentown and purchase a whole pie, which they spitefully give to us frozen. home again, after twenty minutes baking it is at least thawed enough to eat, so we partake of dessert.

some lounging around, a kindly back rub for yours truly, the king of new found aches and pains. she's off to study. I piddle around here. Soon it's off to shower all the remnants of the day off. Then some light reading and bed. Days like today make a man glad to be alive. Part of me wants to say it's sad to see it end, but if it didn't, how would I have my next adventure?


coda: oh, yeah. I hit all my picks, plus the GIANTS BEAT THE VIKINGS!