Thinking About It

The start of a new year is a good time to sit back and reflect on the year past and year future. I thought about doing that in January, but I never quite found the time. Looking back - although it is early for me to get around to January reflections - I can't say why I didn't have the time. You would figure that if I didn't have the time, I should be able to remember what I did to fill up the time I didn't have. I can account for only a part of it.

That part was the very productive hours used in thinking about going to the Super Bowl. I set my budget. I did my research. I checked my research to make sure the prices I found on my research were really that far over my budget. I considered upping my budget. My credit card declined to cooperate (or would have). I watched the Super Bowl on TV.

Anyway, that is the way I spent much of January and, if I were to admit it, a good part of February. So, with my busy schedule, I'm just now getting started on my 2010 reflections. Let me tell you, the year was jam packed.

Early in the year, as I have written before, I thought of going hang gliding. I won't rehash my imaginary adventures, but let me tell you, they were exciting.

At some point, busy as I was, I thought about going on a cruise. This gets a bit complicated because I had so many choices. There was Alaska. Everyone who has taken an Alaskan cruise raves about it. Then there was the Caribbean. The attractions of the Caribbean were food and scuba diving. I could eat my way though the buffet by night and dive by day. Parrot fish as big as your body, barracuda with teeth as long as your fingers, shark, sting ray, and all kinds of exciting, exotic creatures. After exhausting myself with mental adventures in the Caribbean, my mind turned toward the Mediterranean: Italy, Greece, Monaco and the Riviera. Luxury and pampering. Choices. Too many choices. I stayed home.

Then, just in time, came football season. Up until then you have to admit I had had a pretty exciting year. Then came games on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, many Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Thursday, and Friday. The excitement was relentless, leaving no time for anything else. Oh, I suppose I could have DVR'd games while doing something more productive, but really, what could be more productive. Other than thinking about going to the Super Bowl.

Of course, now that the Super Bowl is past, I'm soooo glad I didn't go. Did you see the crowds?!? And the traffic. Then there was the cold weather. If I had gone to the Super Bowl, I would have wanted a place that was warm and sunny. No cold weather football for me. Plus, I know what those people paid for tickets. I wouldn't want to sit in the same stadium with the kind of people who would pay that much for a ticket.

But. If I start thinking about next year's Super Bowl now, maybe I can swing it.

This should be another exciting year.