September 5, 2016

 Last night was much better in the basement. I should have slept down there the first night and maybe I would have gotten a decent night of sleep. Lesson learned.

I got up this morning and my friend made breakfast burritos for us. While those were being made I took a shower, got ready, and loaded my stuff in my car. Right after breakfast my other friend and I headed out so I could take him to the airport. We drove one town over so I could get gas and then it was a fairly straight shot to the airport. And it was almost an uneventful trip. There came a point where we needed to take a certain exit but it was labeled weird and it was an exit within an exit. So you there was an off-ramp and then an exit halfway through. Because it was labeled weird we drove right past it and got back on the highway because the off-ramp immediately became an on-ramp. It was odd. I will add that this happened because my friend decided to use his iPad for turn-by-turn directions, deviating from my printed out directions. But that ended up being a good thing in a way because the iPad immediately updates with new directions, which my paper directions would not have done. We took the next exit, crossed the highway, and got back on going in the other direction. And then we missed the new exit. So we took the next exit and ended up driving on a couple side roads for awhile, which led to the road we wanted. And then it was smooth sailing.

We got to the airport a little before 12:45PM. Originally my friend thought his flight was at 1:47PM, which put us right at the one hour early recommendation. But right after we pulled up my friend checked his phone and saw that his flight was actually at 1:25PM and that boarding was starting at 12:50PM. So really, our slight detours got us to the airport exactly on time. My friend texted me that he got through security and to the terminal right as boarding began. Not bad.

Before heading home I stopped at a nearby gas station for quick bathroom break and then I headed out. My printed directions did not fail me. I nearly missed my first exit after leaving the airport because there was a big truck in front of me that was going for the same exit and turned late. I couldn't see the exit sign until the truck turned and I wasn't expecting it because it was a 'B' exit and I never saw the 'A' exit. But I had just enough time to exit. For the first part of the interstate drive traffic was pretty bad and the flow was going 85mph so that's what I was doing just so I wasn't being a hazard.

I wasn't really keeping track of time but I made it back in pretty good time. I messed up yesterday on my miles because I was looking at the wrong trip counter, which is something I just realized. So I'll have to look at my actual mileage later, but I think today I went about 280 miles. And today should have been farther than my trip down there. I'll have to check on that tomorrow. If I remember.

Hanging out with my friends the past couple days reminded me why it is nice having friends to hang out with. It's just good times and I don't really get that anymore. This was the first time in at least a few years that all three of us have been able to hang out and that kind of sucks. We need to make it happen more often but it is a little difficult with the two of us here living three and a half hours apart and then the third one living in California. Yay for adulthood. Maybe in a few years my friend will be out of the NAVY and maybe he'll settle down a little closer to home. That would be convenient.

When I got home I did laundry and watched YouTube videos. For dinner I went and picked up Little Caesars because pizza is delicious. After dinner I eventually got around to playing Just Cause 3. I wasn't immediately into it. I like the idea of it but the controls aren't as intuitive as I would like. I might try it with a controller next time and see if that is any better. If I could just figure out all the movement systems (grapple, parachute, wingsuit) I would feel a lot better about the game. Maybe I'll get there. Or I'll move onto something else. We'll see.