My memory of the vacation is fading faster than I thought it would. I remember having a good time but I'm less certain of when specific events took place. I remember waking up Thursday morning and doing my best to will the rest of the vacation to slow down. I wanted to spend as much time in the room as possible.
Normally, I get cabin fever in a single room. I'll admit to my champagne tastes. I like to have a separate room for writing. The TV that was approximately the size of your average skyscraper helped a lot during baseball games but less for my normal TV watching. I'm an MSNBC addict and the terrible news in Israel followed by the terrible news in Gaza didn't make for TV thar I wanted to watch 24/7. While I believe that Israel is in the right, every death is a tragedy especially the death of civilians. I spent much of the time reading books in my tablet computer and watching the waves over the last two and a half days to escape the deaths of children. I hate war even when it is necessary.
The final Phillies-Braves game was a bit more of a conventional thriller on Thursday night. I have to admit that I was tired enough to forget what inning it was so I was surprised when the Phillies started celebrating on the field. I had ideas of writing about it when I woke up in the middle of the night as seemed inevitable. Sure enough, I woke up but I went right back to sleep since I'm sneaking up on fifty and all.
On Friday, I got some quality balcony time in. It was very nice out there but it got very cold. I hate to admit it but I was happy to come back inside. We packed most of our stuff Friday night. Saturday morning went smoothly and we ended up checking out an hour early. Strangely enough, I had my first Diet Pepsi of the week on the way home. I'm an addict and so getting my fix made up for having to leave the hotel.
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