8:00am – Alarm goes off. I am regretting going out the night before because I am still tired, but I am so excited about the day ahead. Literally it feels like Christmas morning when you’re 8 years old. Time to make some food. I’ve got a long day… 18 bars in 9.5 hours!!!
9:00am – Time to jump in the shower. I’m still so revved up for the big event that I do a couple hundred push-ups before jumping in the shower to burn off some energy. I’d like to say that trick worked, but that would be like telling you I still believe in Santa (to stay with the Christmas analogies).
10:00am –Time to eat again. Let’s go with pasta this time while watching the highlights from last night’s baseball games. Last minute preparations… put the scorecards, lanyards, pencils, gift cards, golf glove in the mini Toys R Us golf bag.
11:00am – I’m getting nervous. I just want to make sure everyone has fun and all the planning was worth it. I’m also worried about the potential for rain. I plug my Ipod into the Bose speakers docking station to listen to some music. I think things like “Rain dances” are silly, yet I feel good about my "Anti-rain Dance”?!? LOL I believe the neighbors across the street enjoyed the show!
Noon – I’m at the Hard Rock Café in Fanuiel Hall. First one to arrive. I tell the bartender our plan for the day and he loves it. I see Dan walk in the door. Ashley is next. Sean, Erin, Nate, Marybeth…we're under way.
1:00pm – We’re now at the Bell in Hand. People are showing up. The liquor is flowing. I’ve done a Capt & Coke as well as a Jager shot. Funny thing is I am behind 3 people at this point that started off shot, shot!!
2:00pm – We’re at the Tap and our group is about 25 people strong. We are having a great time and we are catching the Celtics game on the TV. Somehow they are trailing the Bulls. No reason to panic. Plenty of time left in the game.
3:00pm – We should be at RedSky, but we’ve lingered at Purple Shamrock a little longer to catch the end of the Celtics game. Pierce missed a free throw to win it and we go to OT. We run over to RedSky and we’ve got the bar to ourselves to watch OT. The Celts lose and it starts to rain. The mood is down and the rest of the day feels like its hanging in the balance.
4:00pm – We are at Dockside (or whatever its called these days?) and I’m still trailing. I am behind my cousin Mark and Erin’s brother Sean. I’ve had 4 Capt & Cokes and 4 shots. It doesn’t seem right that I am behind. We are all feeling good and drunk now. The mood is good and everyone is having fun. The pictures are becoming more entertaining. Still some noticeable absent crew members. Tanya and Joe not here. Dan and Eliza not here. Maggie, Irene, Ellen, Melissa, Jamie, Tracy all not here??
5:00pm – The Black Rose. This is where I would like to get a bite to eat. Need to absorb some of that alcohol and then my attention moves from food to “The crazy legs incident”. Sean was fine at the last bar. Now he looks like Gumby walking around. Is he walking or doing the jitter bug? He trips and hits is head. A nice lump the next day if I had to guess. I walk him down the stairs which was as easy as wrestling a gator in the swamps of the Everglades. We put Gumby in a cab. It’s a wrap. Problem is I don’t get any food and its time to move along to the next bar…
6:00pm – We’re at the Hong Kong. Yup, you heard me! Time for a Scorpion Bowl. Our crew is now about 30 deep with a few people still MIA. I share a Scorpion Bowl with Ashley. I think these things are made for 4 people?!? Oops! There is some strange Serbian kid that keeps telling me he knows Brazilian Ju-Jitsu. If this is true, then I am the starting Shortstop for the Boston RedSox... ok, lets go with 1st Baseman since you can make an argument for me at Shortstop these days ; )
7:00pm – We’re at McFadden’s. Tanya, Joe, Jamie, and Melissa have made it here. I remember thinking the day was a total success. Everyone is having a blast!! I notice something funny happening. I am having trouble verbally communicating what I am thinking and my legs are feeling funny...
8:00pm – this is what I refer to as the dark times. My running video has turned into snap shots.
9:00pm – this is what I refer to as the dark times. My running video has turned into snap shots.
10:00pm – this is what I refer to as the dark times. My running video has turned into snap shots.
4:00am – I wake up on the couch of my apartment. I manage to stumble into my room. I don't know if I'm dreaming or not? Man oh man, I wish I took the red pill (see The Matrix)...
8:00am – I wake up in my bed, fully clothed, and my head feels like a tank just ran it over… a couple of times. I look next to me and there is something there. No, not another person. There is an ironing board?!? Ooops, no. That was the Vegas trip and a whole different story. Actually there is a box of Cheerios, a pillow from the couch, and a cell phone with 11 missed calls, 32 text messages, and 4 voicemails. Maybe I should have had that food around 5pm as planned??? LOL
The feedback the day after was everyone had an amazing time... Dan F was the winner.
Brunch with Dan, Gabe, Erin and Nate was interesting... and informative!
Just wait to see what I plan for the 10th anniversary of my 21st Birthday this June!!!
