I’m Like MapQuest

Today was long. I haven’t been able to sleep lately and last night it was a real pain in the ass. I had wanted to wake up around 8:30 and then take care of everything around my apartment before I came back up here to Northern Virginia. Instead, I was wide awake at 5am and woke up for the first time at 12:30pm. I don’t know if I slept through the alarm or turned it off in my sleep or what. I managed to get out the door and on the road around 1:15.

The drive was long and hot. I was sufficiently entertained by my new playlist. Everything was great until I got up here. There was no traffic for the entire trip but once I reach Manassas, I’m surrounded. I missed the opportunity to jump onto the Springfield Parkway from R-66 and ended up going the wrong way on the Beltway. I turned around and thought that everything would be fine but then I got off on the wrong exit. The road kinda splits and one side says “Baltimore” and the other says “Washington”. I took the latter and ended up somewhere that I didn’t intend to go. It took 20 minutes of bumper to bumper without AC to finally make it on the backroads. I always get so lost on these major highways around here. They completely change everything every couple of years. Even when I actually lived here, I was never huge on going out so I still don’t really know road names.

It was good to get home. My family and I spent most of the evening actually conversing. It was alot of fun. I give it two days before we’re out of stuff to talk to each other about and stay in out respective parts of the house. I had beef tenderloin for dinner and a baked potato. That potato was soooo good. I was actually craving another one and just alittle bit ago I devoured a large dish of instant mashed potatoes smothered in butter and sour cream. My parents probably thought I was masturbating due to the moaning in delicious-ness.

Tomorrow is the 4th. We were going to go out and visit an old friend of the family who is currently suffering from a pretty bad case of esophageal cancer. I’m going to donate the last of my pot to him because he was looking for something to “help his appetite”. After that, it’ll be smoked salmon and fireworks. HURRAY!

Currently listening to: “Patent Pending” by Heavens