What A Trip!

Monday I woke up and was not planning on a completely random road trip, but I really wanted to see The Alamo in San Antonio. Well, I ended up in Dallas and stayed with my friend at his new place and just hung out and shopped yesterday and left last night. It was my little graduation gift to myself. . . it was good. I didn't send that much money either. Yesterday I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner at all good places. I found Mockingbird Station by myself and bought a pair of sunglasses for $10 on sale at Urban Outfitters. I found the North Park Mall by myself and its a nice sophisticated mall, that will be even more this next Fall. I bought a pair of shoes at Sketchers, they all casual and go with jeans. This is all I bought, which is amazing for me! So I left last night at about 7:45ish maybe and that is when the adventure really starts.

My friend suggested a faster different way for me to get back here to Lawrence going through Tulsa. Well, Oklahoma turned out to be rather confusing. . . I ended up taking a back scenic route on state highway 75 instead of the interstate 75 somehow. I was on some two lane road in the middle of central Oklahoma, which took some time before I got to I-40 and then could take that to I-75. I missed the Indian Nations Turnpike, well after all this I still managed to go a little bit too far east on I-40. Yeah, I missed the exit to 75 and had to turn around like 15 miles later, yuck! I filled up on gas a little south of Tulsa because it was the cheapest I saw the whole trip. Then I got to Tulsa and I-44 and was craving tacos from Taco Bell. I ended up getting off of an exit and not finding anything and then going down the side road a couple of miles around midnight along I-44 before I could get back on because of construction. Finally, I got a bit past Tulsa and found a Taco Bell and ordered three tacos. I tried to eat one while driving did not work out too well and I was making a mess. A few more exits and I got off and I pulled into a church parking lot and ate my tacos on a country road. Then I drove and finally got into Kansas at maybe 2 o'clocksh? Exact time is a bit blurry.

Well, I was pretty tired driving on 169 North in Kansas. I was like on the verge of falling asleep many times. I got out of Coffeville and about 26 miles south of Chanute I pulled over on some County Road. I sat there for a minute and figured I could take a short nap. I got out of the car and stretched and peed on the side of the road. Well, got back in the car and figured after that I could drive again. I was driving, driving doing somewhat okay and I think I went through some town that if you blinked you would miss. Well, next thing I know there is a car doing a U turn on the road to come and pull me over. Okay, I was speeding I don't really know how fast and the speed limit was like 35 though this town. Well, the police officer took my license and insurance card and asked me some basic questions. I was like "I can't get a ticket! I can't get a ticket, etc.!" After like at least five minutes of waiting in my car the police officer gets out of the car after discussing with the other officer I guess hands me my stuff and is like, "Slow down, watch the signs, and be careful!" Thanks officer - - - no ticket!

Started driving again and was really tired almost falling asleep and all of that etc. I am not sure where I pulled over again on some side road but I did and sat there, got out and peed, blah blah. I thought I was ready to go again after 10 minutes or so and drove. I was so tired! At one point I saw some green flash shoot across the sky. . . that was weird I thought its a UFO. . . I didn't imagine that! I didn't see anything after that though. Finally got to the last stretch and that was horrible. . . praise God I didn't completely fall asleep! I made it back here and was in my bedroom at 5:10 AM. I might have slept about a half an hour and then watched the Today Show. It was the last one Katie Courik co-anchored and I had to watch, The Today Show was a big part of growing up. I always remember watching it especially before school, but anyway I watched it.

And I have slept a lot of the day away after that. . . .I have another job interview on Friday.