The Good Life

A few years ago in a hotel room in Arizona, I ordered a hamburger and fries from room service. Normally when I'd eat a meal, Huckelberry would be at my feet persuading me to share. But that night I was on a business trip, so I would have the pleasure of watching ESPN and actually having a whole burger to myself for a change.

When I was finished eating, I stretched back with my arms behind my head. I glanced down by my my feet. Little bits of my burger and half of my fries were sitting there on the floor. They were in a nice little pile waiting to be eaten by Huck. As I was cleaning the mess I made, I began to appreciate what an integral part of my life that little fucker had become.

It wasn't always that way, but eventually he would become my best friend. He truly was our best friend. Carrie and I used to get off work early so the three of us could have the dog park all to ourselves. There was a hill at the dog park where you could see everything. We'd let Huck loose and he would slowly roam around sniffing. Periodically he'd look back at me on the hill with an expression on his face that said "this is the good life". And it was. In part because of him I finally came to the realization that my own life, the life I was sharing with my fiancee and our dog, was in fact, "the good life". THIS is the good life.

As I write this I know that a month or a week from now I'll be on the couch, eating a peanut and butter and jelly sandwich. When I'm done, I'll look down and I'll find all the crust of that sandwich on the floor. And he won't be there to eat it.

Huckelberry the Dog
1993 - 2009

Bachelor Party Evite Mad Libs

Gabe sent out an Evite for a weekend getaway him and Frank are throwing for our friends in tahoe. In case you've never used Evite, one cool feature is that when folks rsvp, they also get to comment to the whole group. For stuff and giggles, I thought it would be fun to make a cute little mad libs quiz out of a few of the comments. It also will give you an idea of the type of fine, upstanding men I fraternize with. The actual missing words are found at the end of the quiz. See how many you can guess!!! Come on, it will be fun.

1. "anyone know where i can get a ______?"
2. "since we won't be in vegas, _____ are optional, well maybe not!
3. "______ yeah"
4. "I'll get the _______, guys!"
5. "I'm in for the ______ but not in for the _____. I'm going to stay away from the ______ ____ if Rob K will be ____ing his ________. See you then _____"
6. " ____ on!"
7. "I like the switch to Tahoe, I will be there. I look forward to _____ you all"
8. "In - and not ___ing the ____ _____ that weekend"
9. "I'm going to put my _____ in the _____ _____"
10. "The ______ and ______ ______ make me uneasy"

Answers:

1. Josh Groban CD
2. Shopping at the outlets
3. Oh, my gosh
4. Curlers and nail polish for the make over night
5. sangria, cosmos, sweets for a week, baking, famous texas cake, amigos
6. It is so totally
7. tickling
8. eating, buffet food
9. faith, Lord Jesus Christ
10. advanced math, book club

On second thought, taking out the words in the beginning, probably wasn't a good idea. Can you top the mad libs?