On the eighth day of Big Gheorghe gave to me…a moment of rest.
Between Christmas, year end work, and the gift of a gastrointestinal bug that has swept through the Marls household this week, Day Eight of Gheorghemas has been a bit delayed. In an effort to avoid holding up the festivities any further, Big Gheorghe and I decided to mail this one in a bit.
I had planned on offering 8 more fearless predictions for 2025. However, based my track record from last year, that seems a bit futile. So I was thinking, what should be my schtick for Gheoghemas? Zed is the car guy, Dave is the blind book guy, Squeeks is the music guy, Whit is the sentimentalist. Mrs. Marls advised that maybe I’m the curmudgeon guy. I told her that I thought that our man on the Outer Banks already had that covered much more eloquently than me.
So where does that leave me? Maybe I’m just the lazy one, and maybe, just maybe, that is ok. It could be just what we need. How do we take things less seriously? Maybe by taking a step back. The traditional Judeo-Christian day of rest is day 7, but maybe here at Gheorghe the day of rest is day 8.
So that is the gift for today. License to mail it in every once in a while, sit back and take a rest, smell the roses, maybe even take a nap.
Merry Gheorghemas!
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Tim, that sentiment carried me for years. No apologies or equivocation necessary. Do what you can on a given day and march forward.
RIP Greg Gumbel.
I took a nap today. And yesterday.
I’m the sentimentalist?
hi gheorghies
Hi Whit.
And yes, Virginia, you are the sentimentalist. It’s not a bad thing. Your appreciations post is one of my most looked forward to traditions, even if it sometimes arrives in March.
i'm thankful for the license to mail it in. that'll be a welcome change around here.
Mr. KQ is resting 8 days a week, and Marls is replying to comments at 4:44 am. Must be Gheroghemas.
I endorse the Day 8 message Marls. My Fitbit buzzed me yesterday to scold me for barely moving. I turned it off.
I woke up at 6:45 this morning because one of my dogs refuses to sleep in. Then I took him on a 5 mile beach walk. Then I napped. And I haven’t really left the couch since. And I don’t plan to.
Also, not a lot of defense in the ole Pop Tarts Bowl.
Mahalo, gheorghies
anybody got any florida keys recommendations?
Where in the keys?
that's the first recommendation i'm looking for. would like laid back, good food and drink.
Islamorada! Love that place.
long, boozy dinner with friends a good excuse to miss the alamo bowl.
Second Whit's rec of Islamorada. Several cool joints. If you get all the way to Key West, Duval St is a wonderful people-watching venue and a few places are fine to dash in for a beer or drink, but you can do better for food off of that path, a block or three one way or other.
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