College Hijinks at 50

I am always up for an adventure and sometimes the unexpected ones are the most memorable.

Since the start of, now 4 days ago, I have had about 10 hours of total sleep. The rest has been work and ok, an event with the chance to have some social time. So here is a short list of the antics that have played out...

• Thursday was a successful pipe sales event and a gathering of some great people that share a common interest. 
• Friday was a double work shift day, but if you like what you do, it ain't bad.
• Friday ended a little rough, not being able to get the numbers to balance and that adds stress that is not needed nor wanted. (I am not OCD with the exception of getting the books to balance. So this was a cause to come home and play the whole night out trying to figure where the issue was, not allowing me to sleep but a mere three hours.)
• Quick turn around and I am back at work, still could not find the discrepancy, but after some keen detective work the snafu was uncovered before lunch and the rest of the day was saved and the worries erased.
• Home for a few hours to watch the Derby (I had no idea about which horse to root for, but it looked like a good race) and try for a nap, but only got an hour before heading back to work; but not to work, but to socialize.
• Friend picks me up in his Jeep without the top and doors. Me, unprepared with only a light sweatshirt, no hat or gloves. It was 48 degrees, but going 60-65 mph makes the wind chill at around 35 and me not so warm.
  
• Arrive in time to see one of the lamest, over hyped, boring boxing matches of all time. This fight made some of Mike Tyson's 1st round knock outs better spend money. It was a love fest with Mayweather cuddling his way to a win. Fight of the century? Not in life time and I have lived a half century now.
• Thankfully it was spent with a great group of people....

Now this is where the hijinks start...we decided to park in a parking garage. We stayed and hung with my boss and had some fantastic laughs. It is great working with people that you can enjoy life with. Before we know it it is 3:30 AM. We lock up and head to the Jeep for another 40 minute popsicle toes (inside joke) ride home. Arrive at the garage and the elevator is shut off....make for the door of the stairs and it is locked....around the corner to the ramp into the structure and the gate is down and locked. Now what?

 A phone call and a regrouping back at the shop, and it looks like we are crashing in the lounge. Thankfully the leather couches are plush. Since we are not driving, lets finish the bottle and grab a nap. A quick three hour snooze....find someone to open the garage....and it is back the Iditarod-like ride home, it was 51 degrees, so the windchill must have been up to a balmy 38 degrees...

I hadn't done anything like this since my college days...keeping me young at heart I guess. Not sure the body agrees....