May 19, 2018

Last night I slept pretty horribly. Like four hours kind of horribly. Most of it was due to sleeping in a new environment, but I also spent a lot of that non-sleeping time talking to the academic librarian, which was good times. It was like a sleepover, lots of talking and not a lot of sleeping. Also, there was a storm, and the window was open, and because I was awake, I got to hear the rain roll in from off in the distance. That was pretty cool.

When we were all up, we hung out at the house until lunchtime. We went to lunch at a hippie vegan place in the basement of a church. I got a roasted potato burrito, which ended up having multiple types of potatoes in it, and it was very tasty.

After lunch we went to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. It's huge, with a lot of different exhibits, and there is even stuff outside. We walked around for quite awhile and it was really interesting. The piece I liked the most consisted of two light bulbs hanging from the same hook on the wall. After a time, the second bulb turns off. It is meant to symbolize the loss of a partner, and was created in memory of the artist's partner who died of AIDS. Really sad stuff, and it got to me.

From there we went to the National WW1 Museum. We didn't actually go into the museum but it has a good view of the downtown skyline and Union Station. I got some good pictures. We also saw at least three different wedding parties having their pictures taken.

On the way back to the house we stopped at Trader Joe's. I have never been to Trader Joe's before and it is an experience. They have such a wide variety of food and it all looks really good. I think it might be a good thing we don't have one in town. And it would definitely be a mistake going there while hungry.

When we got back to the house we again hung out in the backyard for awhile before packing up and heading home around 5:30PM. We stopped at the academic librarian's house to pick up pizza ingredients and then came back to my house. We made pizza, watched The Good Place while we ate, and eventually watched one of my favorite Laurel and Hardy shorts, Berth Marks. It is hilarious every single time.