The PopCycle

2008 started strangely. I had gotten the flu over the Christmas holiday – in fact, it was so deep this flu that I ended up in the hospital. You know it’s a bad holiday vacation when the highlight is getting an IV drip. Yep, that’s how my 2007 ended. But suddenly, on December 31st, a day after my IV drip, I found myself back on an airplane and then back in New York City for New Year’s Eve. Ugh. But life was about to get MUCH better. My hubby and I had been invited to hang with a friend on a sailing yacht in the Caribbean. So a private jet and a lobster sandwich later, I was hanging on the Drumbeat with three Russian dudes and a crew of ten to cater to our every need (one of them was my husband). Suddenly, life was very relaxing. The sun was so friendly to me. I had no idea that what I needed was a little Vitamin D. Let’s see – highlights….

• A personal chef
• Having my girlfriend flown in from San Francisco “just because”
• Having a dance off with Dmitry
• Out swimming the dudes – with no fins
• Cocktails at sunset
• Watching Master and Commander while we were under sail
• Listening to blasting classical music while we did a night sail
• The jungle hike to the waterfall

And now, I find that I’m in a better mood –

But here I am! Sneaking a blog post at work. I keep talking about this Hillary/Obama thing. I can’t take it. We need to pick a candidate – and I want them both to win. I do. But here’s the thing — Hillary is smarter that Obama, and she is pretty in person. She’s not the monster that the press make her out to be.  She’s tough and she does her best to hide it, because she’s a woman.  A politician needs to be tough — and Hillary has to apologize for being smart and cut throat because she’s a woman.  It really bugs me.   I’m sorry, but I can’t just jump on board to Obama’s train.   He says the same thing over and over.  Where’s the substance?  My husband, who says I shouldn’t blog, likened the candidates to Coke and Pepsi drinkers. I don’t drink soda anymore, but if I did, I would drink Coke.