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| Ambrosia Greek Restaurant Fort Lauderdale |
Seventeen years ago on a
Sunday afternoon I made small talk with another man in a bar. Yesterday we went
out to dinner to commemorate that occasion. Mark had the Greek platter, I had
the lamb souvlaki, we both shared a bottle of Greek wine. I really can't
believe it's been seventeen years. Honestly, I never expected it to last more
than a couple of years, but here we are. It is possible that I am experiencing
a form of midlife crisis though I am not midlife. More like early end stage. I
want to leave this place, I am tired of Florida, and I fully intend to be
living back in the city of Chicago by this time next year. One problem, Mark. I
have to convince Mark that moving from year round snow free living is a good
idea. I already have him half convinced. His doctor isn't helping. She told him
that the weather would kill him. I think
that's just a little bit crazy. If the heat, humidity, and hurricanes don't
kill him a little chill in the air with a few snowflakes won't do any harm.
Besides, I've promised to install a top of the line environmental system in the
new house we buy, with humidity control and a hepa air filter. I've also
pointed out that Chicago has better health care. Doctors up there aren't
sitting in their office thinking, I'd
sure rather be out on my million dollar yacht with my mistress and a glass of
vodka. Chicago doctors only think of that for a couple of months in the
summer. And then there is the culture. Museums, theater, parks, music, and
sports. Okay, the sports is for me, but we could go to the theater and see a
different play every weekend. Anyway, I'll just keep trying to woo him to my
way of thinking. I have big plans for our August trip to Chicago this year. I'm
going to try to make it so much fun that Mark will agree, we should move to
Chicago. One more tactic I could use, but don't want to, Mark wants a new car.
He hates the PT Cruiser that I told him was the last car I would ever buy. I
could be persuaded.
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4 wheel drive with park assist would be nice.
ReplyDeleteI would like for you to get back to Chicago. I would also like to be Mark's doctor's mistress living on a yacht drinking vodka.
ReplyDeleteWell good thing you're visiting in August. If you were to visit in say...January or February...well of course you're not that naive. Of course you know March almost always is terrible. April the weather would be so bipolarly bad he would never agree. May is still a crap shoot.
ReplyDeleteSo yeah the summer. He will agree. But then be prepared for a lot of bitching and moaning once you're here. No one appreciates a bait and switch.
Let us know what we can do to help. Florida is a nice place to visit...in some parts... but I wouldn't want to live there.
ReplyDeleteYou could sell me a nice new car, cheap.
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