A Weekend Ruined

There are often times when something is going on or being planned, a social event of sorts, in which I haven't the fondest interest in being a part of. And because I am a very individualistic type of individual, I don't feel the need to do something I don't want to do, in order to "fit in". Therefor, I find ways to get myself out of doing certain things. Usually this involves finding some kind of excuse. Now don't get me wrong, sometimes I do things to please others that I would, under normal circumstances, not be involved in. Although if you ask my girlfriend, she would say these occasions should be exponentially increased...The point I'm getting at is that when I don't want to do something, I find a way out of it. But sometimes, the flip side of that coin occurs and something you really are excited for is ruined by some unforeseen, unwanted event or circumstance. That very thing happened this weekend.

Here's the weekend breakdown that was planned and set on Thursday afternoon. Friday afternoon; head up to Dallas, hit Addison Oktoberfest for a little while, try not to make getting up early the next morning too excruciating. Saturday morning; up at 9:00, College Gameday and Champagne with those who ran the early morning 5K, Oktoberfest all day while keeping up with the games on my phone, rest from 5-6, Grapevine Grapefest from 7-whenever. Sunday morning; have lunch with the crew, cruise back to Waco listening to whichever noon game was on the radio. Solid plan if you ask me. Sure would have been.

Here's what actually happened. Friday morning; wake up around 10:30, head to class around 11:00, stomach begins to ache around 11:10, get out of class, slam Gut Pack from Vitek's around 12:30, doesn't help, get back home, stomach continues to hurt, Gut Pack leaves the body the same way it went in, we leave Waco around 4:00, more Gut Pack leaves the body around 4:30...and you see how this is going to pan out.

To try and refrain from including too many details, Jess took me to the minor emergency clinic around 8 for a sever case of food poisoning that we thought was appendicitis. So Friday night was ruined. I couldn't eat or drink Saturday but managed to wander around the festival and watch everyone enjoy themselves. We didn't go to Grapefest because everyone backed out and that was that.

I would have loved to have written about the beer and brats from Oktoberfest and the different wines and cheeses from Grapefest but unfortunately I didn't have any of either. So...