July 2, 2017

 This morning I was woken up by housekeeping trying to open my door around 9:20AM. They actually did open the door but the deadbolt stopped it from opening very far. I had planned on waking up at 9:30AM, so it wasn't really a big deal, but it was a little bit jarring. After getting up to check on that I went back to the bed and laid there for a little bit longer before getting up and getting ready.

I got everything packed up, put in my car, and checked out by 10:45AM. I then waited for my friend because I was going to be his ride to the deli for a last group lunch. I didn't have a lot of time to look at the menu because I ended up talking to my friend's dad right up until the waitress wanted to take my order, so I just went with a salad and bread. It wasn't anything special but it was good.

After lunch we said our goodbyes, I gave my friend his card, and then I headed out. I stopped at the next town over (because that has become my thing) to top off my gas tank. I also bought some water and cookies for the trip.

I managed to get through my Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritson. I'm not really sure how I felt about the explanation for the events happening to the main lady, because at certain points it is built up in various ways, most of which were more supernatural than natural, but it went with an Occam's razor approach. Despite that, I liked the overall story, which is really about the Jewish people living in Italy before and during WWII. That story was not what I was expecting from the description of the book but I liked it.

I pulled a me and turned too early, going to the wrong toll booth instead of crossing over the interstate to go to that toll booth. The one I used put me on the interstate going back to the down I had just driven by. I took the next available exit, which was a toll booth, and my mistake cost me $0.40. Kind of annoying, but oh well. And it gave me more time to listen to Ready Player One, which I switched to after finishing Playing with Fire.

When I got home I unloaded everything and then packed up my laundry and headed to my Mom's house. While there I watched the last half of The Boss with Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Bell. I need to see it all the way through now because it was really funny. I also clicked around the internet and took a little nap.

After my laundry was finished I came back home and spent the rest of the night watching YouTube videos and researching. I pulled the trigger on a new computer and the HTC Vive. Good grief. I am hoping I don't have buyer's remorse with either of them. I believe I have thirty days with the Vive so I have time to change my mind if I end up not liking it. I also ended up going with another CyberPower desktop. I was originally going to by all the individual components because it was going to be cheaper, but tonight when I added up the individual component prices for the build I made with CyberPower, the CyberPower build was quite a bit cheaper, especially with the 5% off coupon code I used. I also ended up with a better computer for not too much more than I was originally planning on because it worked out that way.

It is now one o'clock and I am going to go to bed. Tomorrow I will catch up on my audio journal, but not tonight.