Its been awhile since I've had the flu. I get head colds, chest colds, and allergy problems, but rarely the flu.
I left work early Wednesday because of sudden nausea, and went home to bed. After some vomiting, passing out, and an ER visit, I slept the past two days away. I'm feeling better finally, but the past few days have been a sleepy blurry haze.
I hate having the flu.
And I'm still craving a good drive; being sick hasn't helped that at all.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Jonesing for a drive
But I have work all week and am flying up to Chicago for Memorial day, so no road trips for me. So instead, here are the rules of the license plate game for anyone else traveling this weekend.
- Count each different state's license plate once
- Commercial trucks aren't allowed. Semis are cheating, they're all over the place
- You have to be able to read the state's name, not think its the state
- No changing your driving habits to see that plate that just passed you
- DC, Canadian providences, diplomatic, and Mexican plates all count
- Decide if its an overall trip count (drive up, visit at destination, drive back) or a leg count.
For the advanced players
- Count each different type of a state's plate
- Point out the furthest plate from each state you're currently in
I have yet to get to all 51 US plates (50 states + DC), the closest I've gotten is 50 (only was missing North Dakota) plus most Canadian plates and a few diplomatic plates.
- Count each different state's license plate once
- Commercial trucks aren't allowed. Semis are cheating, they're all over the place
- You have to be able to read the state's name, not think its the state
- No changing your driving habits to see that plate that just passed you
- DC, Canadian providences, diplomatic, and Mexican plates all count
- Decide if its an overall trip count (drive up, visit at destination, drive back) or a leg count.
For the advanced players
- Count each different type of a state's plate
- Point out the furthest plate from each state you're currently in
I have yet to get to all 51 US plates (50 states + DC), the closest I've gotten is 50 (only was missing North Dakota) plus most Canadian plates and a few diplomatic plates.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
HEY HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY
Go Canes!
Just watched game 7 of the Hurricanes/Bruins game. I need to be sure to rub it in to all the guys I worked with up in Boston over the winter...
Just watched game 7 of the Hurricanes/Bruins game. I need to be sure to rub it in to all the guys I worked with up in Boston over the winter...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
A busy month
So 3 out of the 4 weekends in April were road trips; DC, OBX, and now the mountains.
I always forget how beautiful the Blue Ridge Mountains are.
New wife and I went out to one of her friend's places in the mountains (out by Murphy, WAY out in BFE). The trip was 1092 miles, almost 350 miles each way. It was a rainy weekend, but it didn't slow us down too much.
We got out there Friday night around midnight. Christine reminded me not-so-subtly that she doesn't like driving on mountain roads. Especially at night. Especially in the rain. Met Jeff and his fiancee, and was quickly to bed.
The next day they both had to work, so we were on our own. What did we do? We headed northwest to Fontana Dam and lake. Later I got to drive the 'Tail of the Dragon', a 11 or 13 mile stretch of US 129 with 318 curves. ITS FUN. If you like driving, I highly recommend it. It must have been Mini Cooper weekend, because there were swarms of them on the road. We went into TN on 129, then shot to the TN 73 entrance of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Drove through it sightseeing. Stopped at some gorgeous overlooks, and one of them had a wild bear cub foraging in the woods! I've wanted to see a wild bear for years now (every time I see a warning bears sign, I get excited). We headed back to Jeff's place after that, getting there about 11pm.
Sunday we were going white water rafting. Christine or I had never been, but I was more nervous than she. All the safety speeches, videos, etc I've seen, I was making it worse than it needed to be. Once we were on the river (Ocoee River in TN, site of 1996 Olympic White Water Rafting course), it wasn't nearly as bad. It was rainy when we started so I was already wet, but getting into the raft (we had 5 people total), it was fun. We went down 5 miles, hitting several lines of rapids. Definitely a good experience.
After that, we headed back home. Jeff had said taking US64 would be faster, so we did. I probably should have taken it to another highway and not all the way to I26 though, because when it goes into Highlands, it gets HIGH. And the road gets windey. It was fun to drive, but once again Christine didn't enjoy it. We did see some gorgeous waterfalls from the Cullasaja river along the highway. It was about 1:45am by the time we got home. A long busy weekend, but a damn fun one.
Oh, and did I mention I picked up more stickers for my car? Between the OBX and this trip, I'll start showing my travels well!
I always forget how beautiful the Blue Ridge Mountains are.
New wife and I went out to one of her friend's places in the mountains (out by Murphy, WAY out in BFE). The trip was 1092 miles, almost 350 miles each way. It was a rainy weekend, but it didn't slow us down too much.
We got out there Friday night around midnight. Christine reminded me not-so-subtly that she doesn't like driving on mountain roads. Especially at night. Especially in the rain. Met Jeff and his fiancee, and was quickly to bed.
The next day they both had to work, so we were on our own. What did we do? We headed northwest to Fontana Dam and lake. Later I got to drive the 'Tail of the Dragon', a 11 or 13 mile stretch of US 129 with 318 curves. ITS FUN. If you like driving, I highly recommend it. It must have been Mini Cooper weekend, because there were swarms of them on the road. We went into TN on 129, then shot to the TN 73 entrance of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Drove through it sightseeing. Stopped at some gorgeous overlooks, and one of them had a wild bear cub foraging in the woods! I've wanted to see a wild bear for years now (every time I see a warning bears sign, I get excited). We headed back to Jeff's place after that, getting there about 11pm.
Sunday we were going white water rafting. Christine or I had never been, but I was more nervous than she. All the safety speeches, videos, etc I've seen, I was making it worse than it needed to be. Once we were on the river (Ocoee River in TN, site of 1996 Olympic White Water Rafting course), it wasn't nearly as bad. It was rainy when we started so I was already wet, but getting into the raft (we had 5 people total), it was fun. We went down 5 miles, hitting several lines of rapids. Definitely a good experience.
After that, we headed back home. Jeff had said taking US64 would be faster, so we did. I probably should have taken it to another highway and not all the way to I26 though, because when it goes into Highlands, it gets HIGH. And the road gets windey. It was fun to drive, but once again Christine didn't enjoy it. We did see some gorgeous waterfalls from the Cullasaja river along the highway. It was about 1:45am by the time we got home. A long busy weekend, but a damn fun one.
Oh, and did I mention I picked up more stickers for my car? Between the OBX and this trip, I'll start showing my travels well!
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