Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
My wife is out of town this week visiting Chicago with her mother and her aunts. During the short time I've been married I've come to realize that women like to have periodic "girl days" where a bunch of them get together and visit the mall or something. Sometimes these "girl days" turn into "girl weekends", and, in my case, they have evolved into "girl weeks". I have no problem with my wife going on these excursions, in fact I encourage them. But I have yet to get a phone call from my dad saying, "Wes. I just gotta get out of town, son. Let's you, me, Grandpa, cousin Vince, and my buddy Jeff all go to the mall in Columbus. We'll eat at Brio and we'll just talk. We'll just talk it out. I gotta get away for a few hours."
Before Trish left to meet her mom in Michigan, she suggested that I take a week's vacation from work while she's away. She didn't have to tell me twice. So now it's day three of my vacation, and I'm having a great time so far. Loneliness hasn't kicked in yet, but I'm expecting it any day now.
I've been home by myself before while Tricia was away visiting family, so it's nothing new for me. In fact, I kind of look forward to these days I have all to myself. I get to do all the stuff I want to do without having anyone to whom I need to justify my actions. For instance, while Trish is gone I'm eating whatever the heck I want to eat regardless of the health risks or time of day. Candy bars at eleven o'clock PM? Delicious! In fact, late night candy bars taste better than mid-afternoon/early evening candy bars! I suggest everyone try it!
On Monday, I ate two steaks. That's right. Two of 'em. Plus a pot full of Lipton rice. It was amazing. Yesterday, I ate dinner at my mom and dad's house, so yesterday's meal doesn't really count as it wasn't that adventurous. Today, I'm ordering pizza AND breadsticks from Donato's Pizza. Donato's is my favorite pizza, but Tricia doesn't like it very much so we hardly ever get it. But Trish is out of town this week, so I'm gonna get my Donato's on! Tomorrow I'm grilling up some chicken breasts, and on Friday I think I'll grill some massive hamburgers with lots of cheese. On Saturday, I'm picking up Tricia from the airport and we're going to eat at Outback Steakhouse (Aussie Cheese Fries pack 1300 calories! No lie!). From Sunday to next Friday I'm fasting.
Well, my coffee's done and I've got some comics that aren't gonna draw themselves. Time to get back to work. People are discussing the Steve/Emaline storyline in the message board. Check it out, playa.
- Wes
Before Trish left to meet her mom in Michigan, she suggested that I take a week's vacation from work while she's away. She didn't have to tell me twice. So now it's day three of my vacation, and I'm having a great time so far. Loneliness hasn't kicked in yet, but I'm expecting it any day now.
I've been home by myself before while Tricia was away visiting family, so it's nothing new for me. In fact, I kind of look forward to these days I have all to myself. I get to do all the stuff I want to do without having anyone to whom I need to justify my actions. For instance, while Trish is gone I'm eating whatever the heck I want to eat regardless of the health risks or time of day. Candy bars at eleven o'clock PM? Delicious! In fact, late night candy bars taste better than mid-afternoon/early evening candy bars! I suggest everyone try it!
On Monday, I ate two steaks. That's right. Two of 'em. Plus a pot full of Lipton rice. It was amazing. Yesterday, I ate dinner at my mom and dad's house, so yesterday's meal doesn't really count as it wasn't that adventurous. Today, I'm ordering pizza AND breadsticks from Donato's Pizza. Donato's is my favorite pizza, but Tricia doesn't like it very much so we hardly ever get it. But Trish is out of town this week, so I'm gonna get my Donato's on! Tomorrow I'm grilling up some chicken breasts, and on Friday I think I'll grill some massive hamburgers with lots of cheese. On Saturday, I'm picking up Tricia from the airport and we're going to eat at Outback Steakhouse (Aussie Cheese Fries pack 1300 calories! No lie!). From Sunday to next Friday I'm fasting.
Well, my coffee's done and I've got some comics that aren't gonna draw themselves. Time to get back to work. People are discussing the Steve/Emaline storyline in the message board. Check it out, playa.
- Wes
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posted by Wes at 11:38 AM
11 Comments:
ah nothing like being a psuedo bachelor.
12:17 PMI love days I can eat whatever I want, although I'm currently a perma-bachelor so those opportunities come around alot more often.
while i applaud your enthusiasm, i must ask why you would attempt to ruin cheese fries?
4:26 PMYour new name is Hedonism-bot.
4:53 PMIf you consider eating massive amounts of unhealthy food, drawing comics, and playing Guitar Hero III until 2 AM "hedonistic", then, yeah, I'm Hedonism-bot. :)
5:35 PM- Wes
I applaud your efforts! =) My wife has Celiac disease (can't eat anything with gluten in it: wheat, rye, or barley), which pretty much makes me on that diet too.
11:44 PMWhen she heads out on her vacations, I stroll down to the nearest pizza place and pick up a whole pie for myself. ;)
What? No Sumburger? Donato's over Jerry's? No burger from the Cozy Inn? No Crispy Creme? So many stones unturned...
10:24 AMYou asked people to post about LBC - I voted, gave it a few comments and such - but honestly, I didn't really like it. "You'll Have That" has a THEME that's been done before, but it's a totally unique comic. LBC never really struck me as 'unique'. I'd rather see more YHT or one of your other (brilliant, I'm sure!) ideas.
9:24 PMJust my thoughts ^.^
Thanks, Kendra! I appreciate your thoughts! They were quite helpful!
11:12 PM- Wes
Sometimes the girls' night out is the only reason I get anything done.
4:35 PMYou online with Guitar Hero III, Wes? Which system are you on?
What exactly is Andy's job? I don't think his job title has ever been clarified. It seems like he works in maybe a machine shop. Is that right?
8:01 PMBrock - I've got XBox Live, but I don't pay for the Gold Account. Therefore I can't play games online, I can pretty much only download stuff. I just done play my XBox enough to justify the online play.
10:42 PMJose - Andy is a peon at a paper-making company. He operates machines that cut paper, basically.
- Wes
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