81 days

Good morning everybody.  It's Monday, and you know what that means. It means today sucks. And everyone's tired. I'm not exactly as tired because I went to bed at like 9:30 last night and got eight or nine hours of sleep. But I'm still kind of drowsy.

I was in bed thinking last night about breakfast. And how, depending on the way it's presented, breakfast can be either really awesome, or really shitty. I would like to take the time now to commemorate all my favorite breakfasts. These are my top five BEST breakfasts of all time:

5. Over spring break last year, aboard the cruise ship, breakfast was a common thing. Often presented lavishly and ornate-like, and serving a palatte of delicious breakfast-type food. Although I typically overslept the extravagant breakfast, there was one day, (the day I was in Belize) that I made the early meal with my dad. I had just fruit and fruit loops, but the scenery and sitaution made this my #5 Best Breakfast Ever.

4. I don't remember this particular breakfast nearly as well as the other 4. It was when I was in Germany, and breakfast was commonly eaten there as well. I can't recall the actual date or instance of this specific breakfast, but it was certainly delicious. I had freshly baked bread, and fresh homemade jam and jelly, with a thin %2 milk that washed everything down. After this breakfast, I returned to the hotel room to watch MTV music videos and sleep in a little longer. The authentic German style cooking, delicious and hospitable, made this breakfast the #4 Best Breakfast Ever.

3. This breakfast was the most recent. It was on my return flight from Los Angeles over the summer, when I had a red-eye flight from LAX-CLE (Cleveland). I was starving by the time I made it to Cleveland and was really craving a delicious breakfast. I decided to get a breakfast bagel from "America's Bagel" or something like that. It was chocked full of thick meaty ham, melted yellow cheese, and warm filling eggs. All between two toasted warm slices of warm fresh bagel bread. A few chocolate chips had melted inside the bagel as well to really enhance the overall taste. I ate this at the gate of my next flight, while texting my friends and family.

2. Rewind a little bit to like freshman year. I can't remember the occasion, but Mike Ydoate was throwing some sort of party or get together. The night consisted of Halo, Guitar Hero, and various other time-wasters. As morning came, we woke up to a rather large and fancy breakfast outside on the patio overlooking the 7th Hole of the Lake Forest Golf Course. Breakfast was made for about 10 people, served with milk, orange juice, and water. In the center of the set table there was plate after plate of entree's. Included were bacon, eggs, toast, pancakes, and just about every other breakfast food imaginable. It was quite refreshing and therefore I would consider it my #2 Best Breakfast Ever.

1. Now for Number One. The BEST breakfast I have ever had in my life. Ready? I was in Florida with my dad as he was on business. Staying at the Don Cesar Hotel Resort for a week. The hotel was fantastic and I had a great stay. The last day there, I ate breakfast with my dad and his company atop the roof of the hotel, overlooking both the intercoastal waterway, yacht harbor, and St. Petersburg/Clearwater Beach. Breakfast was buffet style, serving the typical breakfast items, with optional juice to drink along side OJ, milk and water. This delicious breakfast, while in the ambient Florida morning air, and overlooking the beach, appreciating the sounds of the sounds of the ocean, was easily the best breakfast I have ever had.

This was really long and pointless...