All trip ratings are on a 1 - 10 scale: 1 the worst, 10 the best, 4 roughly equivalent to watching Jeopardy on t.v. with my mom.
9/15/09
Flying to Dallas: 9 (Slept the whole way)
2 hours layover in Dallas: 3 (It was FREEZING in the airport)
Flying to Fort Lauderdale: 9 (Slept the whole way)
Z showing up 30 minutes later: 9
Incredible weather: 9
Slow start getting car battery charged: 4
Car battery dying and requiring second charging: 3
Swimming in pool while battery charged: 9.5
Nick's for dinner: 8.5 (way better than expected)
Car battery being dead: 1.5
Long walk near beach: 5
Ocean Mist Pub: 5
Hanging out on balcony in beautiful late-night weather: 9
9/16/09
Sleeping in past 10AM: 9.5 (I was exhausted)
Incredible weather: 9
Z having the battery almost fixed when I woke up: 9.95
Weird guy who fixed the battery: 5
Golf at Inverrary: 9
Them having the "Golf Bonanza": 9.5
East Course being closed due to aeration: 3
Us flying around the first 18 holes in 3 hours: 9
Z winning with a great run at the end: 9 (have to respect it)
Z not eating BOTH of our lunches: 2
Next nine holes: 9 (so good to play more than 18 holes in a day!)
Mugs: 8 (not incredbiel, but very solid for a new place)
Chance that Mugs will still be around by 2011: 30%
Swimming in pool while tired and buzzed: 9.5
Christina Wan's for dinner: 8.5 (very nice surprise)
Z MAKING me go to the Mardi Gras Hollywood Casino: 4 (Not bad, not great)
Cookie at Casino: 2 (Looked great, tasted pretty bad)
Dive Bar: 8
9/17/09
Me missing my alarm: 1.5 (the clock had the AM/PM backwards -- which I set two nights earlier -- so even though thte alarm was correct it was 12 hours off the clock time)
Incredible weather: 9
Golf at Palm Aire Oaks: 9
Them ALSO having the "Golf Bonanza": 9.5
Us flying around the first 15 holes in less than 3 hours: 9 (we did have to skip around holes some)
Next 9 holes: 9 (so good to play more than 18 holes in a day!)
Swimming in pool chilling: 9.5
Tailgate before Miami/Georgia Tech game: 9
Steak: 8
Chicken: 9
Me being able to limit dessert to 2 bakery cookies (and therefore somehow not get sick): 9
Miami/Georgia Tech game: 8
PreGame Miami video: 9
Super-loud stadium atmosphere: 7 (good, but tjust too brain-numbingly loud music -- yes, I'm probaly just getting really old now)
Game Itself: 6 (Solid, but not competitive)
Hanging out on balcony in beautiful late-night weather: 9
9/18/09
Me actually waking up on time: 9
Incredible weather: 9
Golf at Palm Aire Cypress: 8
Us both playing poorly: 2
Us flying around the course (other than us playing poorly): 9
Us not having time for the "Bonanza": 2
Golf ending in a tie for the trip: 4 (interesting, but not that exciting)
Having to leave Florida: 1.000001
Knowing that the trip wasn't over yet: 8
Dantanna's in Atlanta for dinner: 7 (not bad, but overpriced for what it was)
9/19/09
Drive to Clemson, SC: 5 (not as bad as it could have been)
Me waiting for Z for about 15 minutes at a rest stop while he was waiting for me elsewhere: 1.025
Super-long walk trying to get to stadium once we parked: 3
Z not getting a "Tiger Float" (ice cream on orange soda): 1.5
BC/Clemson game: 8
Being at a BC road ACC game: 9.5
"Most exciting 25 seconds in sports": 7.5 (somewhat exciting, but not all THAT exciting really)
BC performance in game: 2.5
Weather during game: 2 (pouring rain most of the game)
Us having ponchos (thanks Z): 9
Having 2 rain delays: 1.5
Tasting boiled peanuts for free: 6
Boiled peanuts themselves: 5 (not nearly as horrible as last time we tried them)
Us getting a taste for free and not having to buy an enitre bag: 8.5
Drive back to Atlanta after game: 5 (not as bad as it could have been)
Flying to Dallas: 9 (Slept the whole way)
