Big Al’s Blog: Dreaming with my Eyes Open
Big Al’s Blog: Dreaming with my Eyes Open

I’m starting to get into this no sleep thing. For the last 2 nights, it’s been 4 old movies, Wendy Williams reruns, and a lot of staring at the City Skyline and the beautiful designs on the Omni hotel. I hope my insomnia isn’t extremely boring. It’s just all that I’ve had going on for the last two nights. Last night was even more weird. I found myself getting up and walking the house from time to time. I emptied the trash. I posted random Facebook messages keeping the 3 other people that were up, updated on what I was doing. I even contemplated on doing laundry. But that’s where I draw the line. No degree of sleeplessness will make me do that. I hate doing laundry. So, I guess I’ll just have to deal with this until it passes. It usually lasts about a week or so and then, it’s back to normal. So I guess I have 4-5 more days and I’ll finally get a little rest.

It’s been almost 4 years since I was talking about buying this little small bar in Mexico. And now, here we are. The 4-year anniversary of the Beer Bucket is 2 weeks away. Man, it seems like it was just yesterday that I stumbled into that bar, and asked the owner if he knew anyone that wanted to sell a bar in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Talk about Life changing decisions. That was definitely a Huge one. What if I hadn’t walked into that bar that night? What if I had listened to my fears and not pulled the trigger on that deal?

And then, what about this bar deal here locally that I did two years later. I was looking to purchase a bar here and had found one that I thought that I was going to do. Then I decided to ask someone else’s opinion about the deal. So I wandered into McKinney Avenue Tavern and talked to the owner about the deal that I was contemplating. He called me the next day and told me if I was serious about buying a bar, I should consider buying his. Two months later, I was the owner. Life Changing Decisions at its finest.