Icy Rivers

trip to Florida play by play

The

adventures of Icy Rivers:

Icy saved up money for trip to Florida, spent more than Icy had.

“Mo money, mo problems.” Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls) said, just before he was gunned down.

Just before trip to Fla. Icy went to see his Dr. for bad right foot.

He was prescribed steroids. He had doubts. For the first three days of trip Icy took the steroids. No progress. Started calling Dr for naproxin prescription (it worked before).

Flashback: At session with Dr (actually, a gorgeous physician's assistant), Icy said, “I had this before about two years ago and you cured it right away with naproxin.”

 

Icy recalled that at that time he also suggested naproxin to her.

 

She said, after looking up my records on her laptop, “That was your left foot.”

Flying out of Albany, Icy met federal magistrate judge, an old friend & talked about his brother, a men's senior baseball league player.

Icy also met an actual player in the airport, a former teammate flying to Fla. for a tournament. At first Icy didn't recognize him. The guy had just gone through security and was putting away his baseball glove. Icy saw this and said, “Hey, what are you doing with that glove?”

 

The guy said, “Icy, it's Pete!”

Icy also met beautiful Marie Oppedisano. She had been an actress in one of his films.

misc notes

crash landed in Chicago, F bombs by Peggy on N. Lake Ave just as they left home

(she was hungry, they guessed, cranky, said she'd never go again)

golf at Rattlesnake Hammock Road

stardate 1/19/14

exiting car at front of hotel door after dinner, valet opened front door, Icy got out, his pants fell to his ankles; pants too tight after PF Chang's; Jess had to go to gluten free restaurants, all had to drive 30 miles to get to

foot killing Icy, still played golf; felt like broken foot; called Dr., left message w phone # of local walgreen's drug store, after that, kept calling walgreen's, prescription never called in

song dreamed up in middle of night, set to reggae beat

I want to wallow in your party

I want to wallow with your body

because...you are...so...pretty

I am a walla...walla...walla...wallabee

poem

the absurdity of our acquaintance

has got me down;

your attention has been so fleeting

that I can only admire you from afar

after breakfast sunday Icy said he wanted to go to mcdonald's...Peggy said it was “gluttony”

events in Fla.

“"big timing the valet”

Icy handed the guy an empty soda cup with plastic cover & straw sticking out of it and asked him to throw it away for him; Icy often gets bugged by debris in cars

injury to bridge of nose sustained by Iceman, unknown origin, possibly hit accidentally (or not) by drunk woman at bar he argued about NE Patriots with

at golf course, Icy drove off with other guy's golf cart; Icy looked in cart, couldn't find his jacket, afraid he lost it, saw Jess in parking lot, yelled, ”Jess, you got my jacket?” just as JCB, his golf buddy said, “Dad, you're in the wrong cart.”

just before this, Icy had been practicing with the guy's driver, swinging it, etc

major confusion began because JCB noticed one of the sets of clubs in Icy's cart (rented clubs) was left handed; the starter said he'd replace the set; at about this time Icy went into clubhouse to pay, this is where mixup began, maybe

also, discovered Icy'd only brought one golf shoe for JCB (he had packed the paper bag the shoes were carried in)

stardate 1/ 21/14

dropped off car at Fla. airport, discovered flight cancelled by huge Baltimore blizzard, (4 inches), only place in country with precipitation that day, 3,000 flights cancelled

quoted $211 by hertz for use of car for the day

all very grumpy & tired

got shuttle to crowne plaza, (hotel room reserved in emergency; most nearby hotels fully booked), shuttle filled with 13 other passengers, flight crews from cancelled flights, very entertaining, pilots telling jokes, stuck in traffic, driver of shuttle was med student who was studying for exam, talked to him about hurricanes before shuttle filled up with pilots and attendants, he said in 10 years he “rode out” 6 to 8 hurricanes, big problem, roof blowing off, if only one window broken

most memorable moments

creating voodoo dolls from stuff washed up on beach, unfortunately, glue wouldn't stick

most of all, beautiful girls in bikinis at pool, worth horrible, frightening flights & mo money spent