I Feel Pretty Old

I told you the next time I would be blogging I would be 26 years old. It feels really weird to say. You wonder where the time goes. I don't think I'm going to keep counting my age anymore though. I think 26 is it for me. Like I'll be 26 for the next 15 years, before people really start to figure me out. Even 26 seems old still though. I remember wanting to turn 21 so badly so I can finally get into the bars(legally) and not having to worry about using the old fake ID. It was worse when all of my friends were 21 and I wasn't and they decided to go to the best bars in town and I would have to pray the bouncer was half blind or just didn't care about his job. It worked most of the time, but there was nothing worse than getting denied from the bar and watching your friends go in. Oh wait, yes there is something worse. Never even getting carded anymore. Like do I look that old? I've seen guys with grey hair pulling out their license and then the guy just gives me the go ahead. I still like to think I have my boyish good looks and charm. My guess is that he knows I'm just a sweet guy and wants my business, but I would still like someone to humor me and ask for back up or something. For lack of a better term getting old sucks. In college everything was handed to you on a silver platter. Not a worry in the world. Need food? Swipe the terrier card for a meal or have mom and dad cook for you. Need some clothes? Hey Mom and Dad I need a new shirt. Bam what color do you want? Where am I going to live? Here's a brownstone apartment in Boston for the price of on the house. I used to drink a few busch lights with the boys before we went out, grabbed 40$ and had a great night with money leftover for a cab and a snacks from 7-11. My go to's were the microwavable ham egg and cheese sandwiches, the tacquitos or honey bun. Yummmmmmyyyy. Now I have to cook my own food, buy my own clothes, find my own places to live and 40$ barely gets me in the door on a Saturday night.(Side note: Craig Sanders, when he was not in the boot racked up the largest tab at a 7-11/Campus Convience I've ever seen after a night out. I want to say it was around the 37$ range. Kid LOVED late night food. Craig, I know this is 2 jabs at you in two blogs, but hey like you said, "if they're not making fun of me, they're probably not my friends" Make it 3 Jabs. I still love you pal.) Not sure where I was going with this rant, but ipso facto getting old sucks.

I'm sure everyone is sitting at the edge of their seats wondering, "Hey I wonder how Schaeff spent his birthday on a Saturday night in Vegas??" Well to tell you the truth, I didn't do much at all. The team was away at a game on saturday and since I'm hurt I didn't make the trip. I got to catch up with an old buddy and loyal blog reader Greg Manzi who has moved out to Las Vegas after leaving BU. I've known Greg since our days playing street hockey at Stimson Middle School. He is married and has a baby daughter out here and doing well for himself as a teacher. We chatted it up, had a few beers while watching some football and then grabbed a quick bite at Zaba's Mexican Grille. Zaba's has a great burrito and rivals the big boys of burrito places like QDoba, Cilantro, MOE's and Chipotle. Anyway it was a solid low key day while the boys were on the road. Sunday would be a little different.



We started out doing some day drinking at Todd's English Pub in Aria's CityCenter. I highly recommend this place. Good service, good atmosphere. They had a mini basketball hoop set up at the bar and if you hit the shot, you get a free drink. I don't think we need to discuss whether I made the shot or not cause we all know I drained it nothing but net. They had some other good drinking contests going on so we all had a good time. After that we hit the casino for a little bit and I won 70$ at the roulette table. I wasn't betting much but obviously 3 red hit. Always does! I then immediately gave half of it back to the casino. Still up though! We then slid over to Planet Hollywood to meet up with the rest of the guys before heading off the strip to a local country bar near our apartments. I'd rather go to these places any day of the week and twice on sundays. It ended up being a long day, but a fun one.

Yesterday, we went to the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Golf tournament at a local course here. We scored some tickets from a former terrier who is working for the tournament, so big ups to her! It was a pretty cool event. We got to see JT, Doug Flutie, a few former NFL guys and a few of the major golf pros like Rickie Fowler teeing it up. Good times.

Two Home games this weekend and then Halloween party. Hopefully I will have some good blogging material on costumes, parties, etc. That's all for now. I need to get off my couch cause I've been sitting in the same spot for the past several hours. Oh I almost forgot, I saw Jackass 3D today. It was really funny. Pretty gross at some points, but that's to be expected. Overall it was worth it. That's all for now. Catch you guys on the flip side. And Ghost Ride the Whip!!