Have you ever taken a vacation day that you will need a vacation from? My wife and I are famous for this. A trip snow skiing, weekends in Vegas or a trip to Europe are some of our usual vacations. All of them involve walking, partying or physical activity to the point that when we get back to work, we are exhausted.
Our latest get away was only a 2 hour drive, but it took me the better part of the week to recover from it. My parents came up to watch our daughter and my wife and I rented an RV and drove it to Auburn for a relaxing weekend…well it may not have been relaxing, but it sure was a fun trip to watch the UGA game.
When we arrived in Auburn we thought we would be able to park then walk into town for a relaxing lunch and a little shopping, before the rest of our crew arrived. Well, Auburn was a little more crowded than we anticipated. We weren’t allowed to park the RV in a space until after 4, so we pulled into my fraternity house and decided to have that lunch downtown. The only problem was it wasn’t relaxing because we were so worried about getting a parking space due to the crowd. So we headed back to the lot and started saving spaces. Then April and Brett arrived to help us save spaces, and of course the drinking began in earnest. We needed to get a bunch of spaces saved for friends and such, but mostly we needed 4 together to put the RV in. It was not happening. After about two hours of waiting for students to get back from class (and about a case of beer) we only had 3 spaces together. After some careful measurements by Brett, we knew that the RV would take up exactly 3 spaces, but we would need 4 to be able to parallel park it. Eventually the beer started talking…we can fit it in there. So by pulling forward and back about 15 times, we fit an RV that is 3 spaces long into……….exactly 3 spaces.
Well now it was time for dinner and the Niffer’s Corn Nuggets that Sheryl has been craving, along with the fishbowl drink that April had been craving. Of course there was about an hour wait for a table, but that didn’t bother us because beers were only $1…you gotta love Auburn. When we finally got seated we ordered a round of corn nuggets for everyone and a fishbowl…only to find out that we couldn’t get the big bowl because we didn’t have enough people at our table. Well we ordered two mini bowls as April tried to recruit an eight-year-old to sit with us so we could order the big one. Well it was time to head back to the RV for more drinking and some poker.
We were joined later in the night by Steph and John who quickly settled in for a relaxing sleep…well they did feel the need to put on seatbelts due to angle that the RV was on. No matter how we slept though, because when we awoke it was GAME DAY. The city had been packed since the night before, but somehow more people found a place. We awoke to chants of War Eagle and the sound of cell phones ringing as people asked, “did you save us a space?”
Well we showered and filled the ‘black water’ tank as Brett cooked up some pancakes and sausage. Then the girls went up to the Fratunity house to dry their hair (they kept blowing the circuit in the RV) as we prepared for the rest of our tailgaters to arrive. When they did the beer, bourbon and food started flowing. After that my recollection of events starts to get fuzzy. I remember helping Brett cook steaks, eating Amy’s Tortilla soup and the girls all making a cheerleader style pyramid (for some reason). After that we walked over to the Game to watch a great one. The team did just about everything right, but we were all still nervous…we didn’t need to be. The party continued all the way back to our tailgating spot and well into the night. My memories started to get fuzzy again, but I remember Sheryl and Cari off riding in another tailgater’s golf cart, then us finding them (after about an hour) and going into town to see the sights. Toomer’s corner was filled with toilet paper (an Auburn Tradition for those who don’t know) and the bars were packed.
Somewhere during the course of the weekend I lost my voice, oh well, I guess I can just go back to work to recover. Yet another relaxing weekend, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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