Wine post

Since I am limited to my choices of alcohol, I am trying to enjoy it. I need a bumper sticker with the saying "Life's too short to drink cheap wine".

Anyway, doing last minute CostCo shopping right before Christmas, I stumbled across a bottle of the 2002 Cold Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon made by Chateau Ste. Michelle. In a moment of nostaglia of visiting that vineyard (along with several others in the area) when I visited my friend in Seattle, I snatched up a bottle.

With tax, it was a bit over $22. I decided to save it for New Year's Eve. So we brought the bottle to Tombstone along with real wine glasses. We opened it right before midnight, but I was so congested with cold that I couldn't taste anything.

So I reopened it right now now that I can sorta breathe out of my nose. It's a very nice mild cab. Not sure if I'd buy another bottle for the price.

I guess I will make a New Years resolution to figure out how to rate wine better. If anything, it'll be fun to try.

Are the holidays supposed to be fun?

So I drove back to Tucson on th 29th. Then went into a mass frenzy of cleaning and throwing away stuff I don't need anymore. Boyfriend hit the road from San Diego around 1:00 PM.

I thought the right thing to do was to finish cleaning and go gather some groceries. I had a simple dinner ready to go which I threw in the oven when he called to say he was about a half hour away. It was a bit surreal - having dinner and a cold beer greeting him when he got here. I felt like such the homemaker *shudder* I put South Park movie on, and we laughed our tails off.

I began to feel a bit crappy on the 30th. I started taking the zinc tablets to try and head this off. I cooked breakfast, then we visited the military surplus depot. He's like a kid in a candy store. Cooked dinner, and was disappointed with how it turned out. Said he liked it all the same.

It's now New Year's Eve. I am feeling more congested in my ears, nose, and throat. I'm still trying to be a good sport. I had booked a hotel room in Tombstone for New Years Eve. He said he didn't mind taking his truck. Went back to the depot (this time with camera in hand). Then we headed out to Tombstone. A bit too touristy for our tastes. But we had dinner, then found a saloon with a local feel to it and had drinks until just before midnight. We went back to the hotel room and rang in the New Year there.

I felt tired on New Year's Eve. I actually crashed for about an hour before dinner at the hotel room. But my boyfriend was being a good sport about it. Before leaving Tucson, we stopped at a grocery store for supplies to fill a cooler for the hotel room. He comes back to the truck with snacks, cola, beer, and orange juice for me.

New Year's day comes, and I am feeling worse. Boyfriend packs up the truck, and we fill up on an omlette before leaving Tombstone. We stop by a drugstore on the way to my place and pick up cold medicine, cough syrup, and Vick's. He even rubs Vicks on my chest, and still wants to snuggle (even though I smell like Vicks and am having coughing fits).

I drink orange juice, and he scrounges my fridge for dinner. I'm feeling sick to my stomach, so I pass on food. He said he was tired too, and we turned in early. He still wants to lay close to me despite my coughing fits and the lovely smell of VIcks on me.

No worries, I'm feeling a bit better. I still feel a bit funky, but well enough to eat something. Then it was time to say goodbye to boyfriend so he can go back to work tomorrow. I hate having to say goodbye. But I knew this might happen with a long distance relationship - hopefully it'll get easier.