Road Trip! And Twitter!

One major problem that I’ve had in writing here is that I’ve had so many small, useless events that I’d like to write about, somewhere, but haven’t found them worthy of writing about here. You know, those things that are slightly noteworthy, but only take a sentence to write about, and I don’t want to waste my readers’ time with them. So, I’m trying out Twitter again. My username is, naturally, DebtSucksBlog. Feel free to follow me (I’ve got one follower already in the past 10 minutes just with my test posts).

Other than that, I’ve got a busy day ahead of me. I haven’t gone to bed yet since getting home from work, and I won’t be getting any sleep any time soon (hoping to pull another 14 hours). Early Saturday morning, I’ll be making my third annual pilgramage on two wheels to Orange County, New York. I’m headed to the little village of Sugar Loaf, to be exact, for the fourth annual Where’s George? Sugar Loaf gathering. It’s a geekfest at it’s best, with enough alcohol to put all 30 or so of us that’ll be there in to a coma, and more delicious food than any of us can ever eat (it is hosted by a great chef, after all – Chef Evy! And yes, that really is her home kitchen.

Before I go, though, I have a huuuuge list of things to do:

1. Manage to stay awake for another 14 hours so I can pass out and wake up around 4am tomorrow to leave at 0530-0600 to make it there by noon.
2. Buy some sunscreen. Oh my, do I need sunscreen. As if the massive aches just from the ride itself aren’t enough by the time I get there, a 6 hour sunburn I do not need. But it’s exactly what I got the first year I rode up there – and then I got to ride back the next day, further adding to it! I already suffered my one severe sunburn per year for this year.
3. Hit the bank up for at least $200, all in one dollar bills. Come home, enter them all on Where’s George?, then stamp them all.
4. Write out my overly detailed directions in my pocket notebook for easy reference while riding. Given that I’m avoiding major highways, there are a lot of turns to be made to get all the way from south central PA to southeastern NY.
5. Write out even more detailed directions for the way home, which will include every geocache I plan to search for (a couple in every county I pass through, plus a couple in one county that I would normally pass just a mile south of).
6. Research how long my iPhone battery will last while playing music. Of course, I’ve done this just now – Apple says 24 hours of audio playback on a full charge, which is great, because I only need 6 (planning on stealing an electrical outlet when I get there) to keep myself entertained on the way there. I know, I know – listening to music while riding via earphones is unsafe and tends to be illegal. However, I intend to only use one earphone, keep it quiet, and hopefully manage to have the earphone inside the helmet whilst not being planted in my ear, thus skirting the law. The cord will be inside my shirt, but the fact that it’s bright white doesn’t help when it runs out of my shirt (or jacket) and up in to my helmet.
7. Charge my phone, charge my camera, start getting things together.
8. Mow the grass, and whatever else my grandpa needs done while I’m still around.
9. Inevitably forget something.

So there you have it. I’ll refer back to this list throughout the day to avoid #9. I owe somebody $21 when I get there (which I’m sure he’ll refuse), I’ll go through 2 packs of cigarettes for the two days, and I’ll spend about $15 on gas, plus whatever snacks and drinks I get along the way. Plus whatever money I lose (or win!) playing dice.

P.S. Some time last week at work, I picked some special order stuff that I immediately surmised was for the construction of a heated driveway. Out of curiousity, I buzzed out the paperwork for it to see how much it cost, and was stunned at the final number – $16,500! The rest of the night we discussed how much it costs to have it running during the winter, as well, and who the heck could afford it. Well, I found out today from my supervisor. Apparently, Andy Reid can afford it. Yes, that Andy Reid, head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Funny part is, our delivery driver apparently was standing in Andy Reid’s driveway, making small talk with Andy Reid, without even realizing who it was.

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