I went on my usual Labor Day road trip this past weekend. The only differences with this year compared to previous years are that I went solo and I drove my new car.

I’ll be honest, apparently my car has “performance” tires, where I guess “performance” means that you feel every bump in the road, because their profile is so low. Because of that, the drive each way was even more exhausting than usual.... and let me tell you, 7-8 hours straight in a car is tiring enough! I only stop once, to get gas, so breaks are rare. My arms were sore from holding the steering wheel so tight! Plus, my car has a weird “driver attention is low” notice that flashes with an icon of a cup of coffee while it does something wierd with the steering wheel. Excuse me? I’m driving hundreds of miles in a straight line, my attention isn’t low, there’s just nothing to do!!! WTF??

I was really glad to see, once I got to the mountains, that lakes have more water than in previous years. They’ve been so low in the past I was afraid it would be the same this time I rolled through. I really live that part of the drive! The mountains are so pretty!!! Mojave, Death Valley, a good portion of the 5 FWY, not so much.

We’ve been working on a stressful project at work, so now that it was over (Friday), it was great to leave the office and not worry about it. Believe it or not, I actually slept in to at least 7am each day!! Usually I’m up by 5:30, but this time I guess my body really needed the rest. My dad was shocked!

What did I do while visiting my folks? NOTHING!!!  We stayed home the whole time and relaxed.  Since I got in at 7:30pm Friday, I was too tired to eat dinner, but the rest of the trip we barbecued or made pizza and had cocktails. A couple of nights we used their fire pit to make s’mores under the stars. You can see everything in the night sky out there!!!

I was sad to have to leave and come home.  I missed Gotham though.

It’s good I did come home though....I came back to gazillions of ants in the kitchen. Just what you want to do after driving for most of the day, get rid of ants.

Today, after work, I need to get the bugs washed off my car and put some gas in it. I drove about 1,000 miles!!!  Then I’m going home, taking a hot shower, then relaxing until I fall asleep. Chores are for another day!

<yawn> I’m beat!!!