By W.G. Reid
Or, is your 'Bucket List' half full or half empty?
Dear Buffalo Hyatt Regency Management & Staff, Buffalo Marathon Planners & Volunteers, members of The Enerchi Running Group, The Legion of Substitute Members of The Enerchi Running Group, and The London, Thamesford & Middlesex County Sewing Circle, Book Review & Timing Association:
Hey! Congratulations to everybody who ran the Buffalo Half Marathon. Great event, great accommodations, great raisin cookies! What a weekend! Not very often I get to cross four things off my bucket list in one weekend. In fact, that has never happened. Moreover, I never really had a need for a bucket list until this weekend.
One - Spend a night in a hotel room with two women not sharing my genetic code. Wow! Thought that would be on the list forever. You know, if I had a list. I'd like to thank the City of Buffalo; K_____ for booking the rooms; M____ for being such a good sport; and, of course, my liberal minded wife Corky. Thanks, honey. And sorry for the snoring, ladies.
Two - Play a grand piano in front of a "Pretty good crowd for a Saturday*". Look, no hands! Thanks to the Hyatt Regency for the self playing piano. You guys think of everything; "Paul, the real estate novelist who never had time for his wife"; and everyone else who shared a drink called loneliness. Billy's right, "It is better than drinking alone."
Three - Bask in the warmth and fuzziness of a typical nuclear family having a buffet breakfast on holiday. In tonight's cast the part of Happy Loman** will be played by...me. Thanks to the fabulous Mr. & Mrs. C____ (who treated!), Biff..er, I mean T__, and The Hyatt for a great buffet breakfast.
Four - Catching the bouquet! Okay, this wasn't really on my list - but if I'd known what a rush it would be it would have been. Thanks to the family and guests of the wedding reception taking place at Harriet's for letting me escort myself out. Good luck, kids. Not an expert on marriage but I think it's all about the warm and fuzzy holiday family buffet breakfasts.
Also, thanks to that especially cute and lovable li'l someone for spending a beautiful spring afternoon walking along the cafe lined streets in Niagara-On-The-Lake hand in hand with me. J____, you're a gentlemen. You were so right. Screw personal boundaries.
Shout out to T__ and N_____ for the delicious Late Night Raisin Cookies.*** Could have just gone with the regular ol' Do Not Disturb sign but saying it with calories meant so much more. You guys so get me.
P__**** for bringing your parents. (see bucket list #3) and my wife for dragging me kicking and screaming to another of her marathon runs.
Sorry to those who missed stuff but 'when you go to bed early at the Hyatt you miss stuff.' And yes, Hyatt Regency, you may use that as a sell line. You earned it. Enjoy!
Thanks for letting me tag along!
*lyrics courtesy of Billy Joel and CBS Records. Copyright 1973
** fictional characters courtesy of Arthur Miller. Copyright 1949
***N____'s Raisin Cookie recipe? (unsure but I think it should be under human domain like the happy birthday song.)
****P__ courtesy of Mr. & Mrs C----. Copyright 195?
*William Reid is not a real doctor. Any information or advice provided in this article is strictly for entertaiment purposes. However, if this article has had any positive influence on your life and you're in the position to name a camp after him, that would be cool too.
