I wonder what happened to my photo?

Serously. It's just...gone.

I haven't been updating much because I've been feeling somewhat unmotivated to do much since I came back from vacation. I don't know why it's been so difficult for me to get back to a more productive place, and I don't know what it will take to make that happen. But I'm going to have to, because I just started school this week, and C. and I are working on a project together aside from that, and besides, I do have to actually work every day for a living. Anyway, if my activity picks up, then my blogging may slow down. I've noticed these things seem to have an inverse relationship. Ok, on to do some things I have to do. Forward - ho!

My vacation

Hi! I’m back from my trip! Yes I said I would try to post updates from the road, and I was going to do it, too, but damn was I tired just about every night and rushed just about every morning. It wasn’t the most relaxing of vacations; quite the opposite, in fact. It was, however, magnificent. There were so many unexpected moments, including the fact that we pretty much got everywhere according to schedule…almost. I thought it would take us 3 days to cross from Chicago to San Francisco. Instead, it took us 4. I stayed in San Fran for only one day rather than two, and was perfectly happy about that. But wow. Just, wow.

A few things I learned on the way:
- Espresso is everywhere now, even the middle of Podunk Nebraska. And it’s good!
- In fact, Nebraska isn’t so bad. The great plains are gorgeous.
- The desert can get really boring.
- The Great Salt Lake smells like poo, but looks good.
- The Bonneville Salt flats look like a sheet of ice in 100-degree heat. They also made me feel like I was on another planet - which is great!
- Elko, Nevada, has free internet.
- California is brown in the summer, except in the mountains, and holy crap is Lake Tahoe the prettiest shade of blue.
- In California, they take your out-of-state fruit away.
- San Francisco is not the most omigodipoopedmypants-awesome American city of all time. It’s nice, and pretty, but c’mon people! It’s not THAT fabulous.
- Seattle, however, IS that fabulous. But only when the sun is out, which isn’t often enough.
- Both cities don’t know that August is supposed to be hot.
- Highway 1 in California is really annoying to drive. Don’t listen to anyone when they tell you to drive it ‘cause it’s so scenic. You can’t get off it once you are on it.
- I am often okay with heights in most instances; however, when I am riding in the passenger side of a vehicle on a cliff’s edge, I am terrified.
- The Redwoods: Worth the whole trip.
- Mt. Renier: omigodipoopedmypants-awesome.
- My brother’s dog Maggie sure is cute.

I will have pics on photobucket soon. Not too many, as I am not one to compromise my momentum by stopping for a photo very often. But when I think of it, I can bring out the camera.

And now, back to the daily grind.