May 12, 2015

I forgot that when I was playing GTA5 last night that I spent a decent amount of time following an NPC car. I wanted to steal it and add it to my garage but I decided to follow it and see if it would ever park, that way I wouldn’t have to pull the person out of the car. The driver never parked but they did drive all over the place. I figured eventually it would just turn into a loop, like a pre-programmed path, but it never did. It may at some point but I followed it for quite awhile and it never made it back to where I originally started following it. But, I discovered that following a random car is a really good way to see parts of the map I have either never seen before or always flew by driving really fast. Going at a nice, leisurely pace allowed me the chance to take in the scenery and see things for the first time. Like a suburb that kind of reminded me of the 1960s for some reason. And, with the game on High and Very High settings, everything looks so freaking good. Following a random car might have to become a thing.

Also, I never ended up adding that car to my garage. I did eventually steal it but then right outside my garage I came across a VW van, or whatever it is called in the game, and I have been looking for one of those for awhile, so I ditched the car and grabbed that. And then I almost immediately found another van. Now I have two because one has a rack with surfboard on the roof and the other one doesn’t, and I haven’t decided which one I want yet.  I’m not sure that the rack would be an add-on option that I could unlock later, and if I could, it would probably cost a lot. So I’m waiting until I run out of room in my second garage and need to get rid of one of the vans.

This morning Beau was taken to the vet because he had a bad tooth and it caused his face to swell up. Tanner always barks hysterically when someone leaves the house, as if they will never come back, even if they're just going into the garage or standing outside. I had forgotten all about Beau going to the vet but I also knew something was different because Tanner's bark was completely different this morning. It was weird. He must have had a rough day because when I got home this afternoon the gate blocking off downstairs was knocked over and in my bathroom, the bathmat was scrunched up in a ball and it was obvious that Tanner had spent at least a little while laying in my tub. He got in the habit of doing that at the old house whenever there was a storm. He'd even spend the night in there. I guess tubs have just become his safe space when life gets too stressful.

Today at work I had classes in the lab but I spent most of my day working on my MAP spreadsheets. I made it to the very last page, the second page for sixth grade. I'll still need to go back and add in the scores that will change after tests have been deleted, and go in and figure out how much each score and percentile has changed since the Winter test. I might be able to finish that tomorrow. I'm also hoping the tests will be updated by tomorrow so I can start printing off reports.

After work I stopped and paid a bill and bought a PowerBall ticket before heading home. And then I played a little Minecraft before dinner. I finished digging out the second basement and filling in the path with water that flows through it. Progress.

After dinner I played a little more Minecraft and then jumped into the singleplayer campaign for GTAV and played through a few of Trevor's missions. Then I went online for a little while. I got in on a motorcycle stunt race and ended up playing that several times because it was a lot of fun. Then I went and customized my new favorite car, a Vapid Peyote with a hardtop. I made it a wine red color with green rims and lime green neon lights. It definitely won't win any races but it is fun to drive around in.

Now I'm going to go to bed. My sleep schedule has sucked recently. Too many video games. It's almost summer though, so I'll survive. And then summer school will start. Not really looking forward to that. I'm still burnt out on school. My friend finished up her last class today and I'm a little envious. I can't wait to be done with school. I really like learning but I also like being able to do other things than read textbooks and make presentations and write papers. I'll get there soon enough.