I think I once dreamed of grandeur, like many.

A fast-paced life, non-stop excitement, parties, a big house, expensive cars, boats, travel, wine and dine, beautiful clothes, more shoes than Imelda Marcos, funding a couple of startups, a million friends (the Facebook ones wouldn’t count), going to bed late and waking up late.

Maybe I got a little bit of some of those, maybe not. But today I know what a perfect day in my life is like and I believe I get it all the time.

Here’s how it typically goes.

On Saturday and/or Sunday (simplified routine on weekdays):

I sleep late. I wake up late.

I wonder around the house in nightgowns and barefoot until I am completely awake while having a cup of coffee.

I play tennis!

I head to the beach to wash out the sweat and relax the muscles.

I float in the blue ocean like a buoy for about two hours.

I check my tan. The darker the better. In the land of my ancestors I would be the lowest possible cast.

I take a shower. (Showers after the beach and tennis are the best!)

I have my favorite booze, and also my home country’s favorite: caipirinha.

I go to some Argentinean or Cuban bakery for breakfast and a mandatory cafe con leche. Strong full-bodied coffee and whole milk. Decaf and skim are cheating.

I have lunch. Currently I’m on a Peruvian phase checking all the ceviches around town.

I save dessert for a bistro or patisserie, where I have yet another coffee. That will keep me awake after the lunch laziness.

I drive around town. I wander, I dream, I window shop. I buy completely useless knickknacks for the house and much-needed clothes and shoes for myself. Oh, yeah!

I come back home and sit on a zero gravity chair overlooking the blue infinite mesmerizing ocean and try to read but normally I fall asleep.

I wake up and the same (perhaps even more beautiful) blue infinite mesmerizing ocean is still there. (Such a blessing!)

Perhaps a movie next. And checking if there’s a moon lighting up the ocean at night.

There you go. I don’t really think I need a life of grandeur and I am ready for the week ahead as a dead weight for the society.