Day 271 - Rotten on the Inside

I love Groupon. I promote their business and they give me money. It's win-win. In fact, if you have a business that needs promoting, just give me money, cash preferably.

The BFF and I snagged Groupon Coupons for Tradewinds Dinner and Casino Cruise that leaves out of John's Pass in St. Pete and sputters out into International Waters (a.k.a. The Gulf of Mexico) so that their patrons can enjoy some "Vegas-Style" gaming.

All I can say is, it wasn't worth the free Groupon dollars, or the gas that I wasted driving out to the coast. Their "dinner" choice was either frozen boxed lasagna with dinner rolls that reminded me of elementary school lunch or meatloaf & mashed potatoes that looked like something you would see in a prison cafeteria.

To top it all off, the bathrooms were not air conditioned and opened up right into the gaming area. This would have been all well and good, except that someone on that boat was clearly rotten on the inside and decided to "make a deposit" and share it with the rest of us. You smelled it every time the door opened up. It affected my game. I wasn't happy. I had to find a spot that was upwind from the bathroom.

I DID, however, get to spend some quality time with my girl J.V. and we met a couple of cool cats who were just as disappointed in the cruise as we were. Enjoyed the adult conversation and learned a thing or two about gaming. One currently owns the nightclub Joyland County Night Club and the other (or both of them - can't remember) owns the patent on the original Jager Bomb Hurricane Shooter glass/cup/whatever it's called, and sells/distributes them out of Sarasota, FL. I'm not big on doing shots. My sisters and true friends know that if you've ever seen me do a shot, you've probably been fooled. I've mastered the fake-a-shot slight of hand. I fake it fast and then dump it before anyone notices.  Shots always seem like a great idea in the moment, then not so much a few moments later. I prefer to sip on a glass of vino.

As for my "Twenty" today, I spent a good hour on the floor stretching my lower back out. Even had Charlie help with a few stretches. If you're a committed follower of this blog, you would know that I pulled my back out last November doing 75lb dead lifts coming off a season of no activity. While my brain was shouting, "You Can Dooooo IT!!!" my body responded with "SMH.....sucker."

I am now a fan of the warm-up. 

It's been almost a year now and my back still hurts about 80% of what it did a year ago. Stretching helps, but only if I do it every single day for a ridiculous amount of time. I remember being young and invincible, listening to "old" women talk about the benefits of stretching daily. Hmmmpft.

Well, I suppose I've finally arrived.  Welcome to Oldville, we've been expecting you!