Space Travel: Easy,Underwhelming

Well, I don't want to trash it entirely considering I was only up 3 hours, but it really seemed very easy. You do all the prep work, and then it's like a toaster .Pop it in and wait. Everyone was pretty trashed, especially Higgins, who had all the calculations and whatnot to fine tune. 7 vodka martinis and, you know, he's got quite a small frame. Portly...but short. He was out by 1.7kms on the splashdown. Thats it. No backslapping and all that like on a shuttle launch. Ground control was on Robin Master's yacht 'Nesmith' and Higgins fished for marlin the whole time. What was it like up there looking down on this little blue bauble that we call home? Just like in the movies. Exactly the same. I was trying to get excited about it. Seen it before. It was nice floating though. I had all the beer in a big flask with a straw so drinking was easy. I had around 15 pints worth all up. I listened to Loverboy , REO Speedwagon and J Geils Band mostly. It was kind of nice but cramped. I thought about some women I used to date. The beer tasted dry. Felt like a spider crawling down my throat. Space is weird that's for sure. Italy does look like a boot. The whole time I was pining for a surf-ski or a swim in the tidal pool. I feel like an idiot for not liking space, truthfully, but there's not much I can do about that now. I won't lie to look good. Or should I say, even better than right now.