Jan 28, 2017

Becca and I got up nice and early and got on the road just after 6am on our way to Connecticut. We watched the sunrise behind the power lines on the Jersey Turnpike. It was a beautiful sky as we passed quickly through the state, not stopping until we got to New Haven and Edge of the Woods Market. We got 3 Reubens to go and ate half in the car on our short drive from there.

Our first real stop was at the New Britain Museum of American Art. It was a great little museum with a lot of great pieces and interesting things like that security guard that I definitely thought was real. It's been a while since I've been to a museum so it was great.

We went to Page Park to play a round of disc golf next. It was a little muddy and a little snowy, but it was a fun round. Lots of ups and downs on the course and Becca got better at throwing sidearm shots. The towel got a workout at this place.

We went to Hooker Brewing where this sign made me laugh repeatedly while we sampled beers. They gave us a bracelet with tabs to pull off for each sample. 10 for $5 which is great, and we ended up getting like 15 each anyway. They had a lot of really good stuff, but the #nofilter IPA was probably my favorite. One of the brewers was walking around and chatting with us a lot as we sampled. He was super nice and a big reason why the place was so enjoyable.

We were running late, but we went over to the Wadsworth Art Museum anyway for the last 30 minutes they were open. It seemed like a really great gallery and I wish we had more time there, but the staff were rushing us out and locking up before it was even 5, so we had to go.

After going to the wrong hotel and then finding the right hotel a good distance out of the way from where we went we dropped off our stuff and left for the main attraction of the night. The Funny Bone Hartford is a comedy club inside a mall. It's not as bad as it sounds, but we had to get there over an hour early to get a seat that was basically in the back of the room. In any case, it was fine because it was a small room. There were two openers: Chris Something was really funny and a good host. The next comic was good, but didn't really do it for us. Mike was hilarious as always and had a lot of good material for his next special. It was cool to see him working on jokes and being a little more loose with everything.

Becca didn't know what to expect, but she ended up liking it a lot so I was glad it was a good Christmas present. We went back to our hotel, which was weirdly adorned with knickknacks and an Elvis statue. We thought about going to the pinball arcade, but we didn't. We also didn't go to the gym. We did eat our Thai takeout food in the bed and then go to bed at some point. It was a good day of well-rounded travel.

Jan 27, 2017

I didn't end up getting a job; that is to say I didn't take a job. The morning came and none of the jobs that were left were anything I wanted to deal with. Gym classes mostly in Vineland. Of course by that time I wished I had taken any of the jobs I saw yesterday that would have been fine just so I could work. I spent the morning transferring files and going through my old computer to clean it off. Becca suggested disc golf so I was in. We played a good round at South Vineland Park though it was a little chilly. It was good to get outside a little. I did a little more work on my computers and then headed over to her house for an early bedtime/research session.

Jan 26, 2017

I had some easy CST meetings in the morning at Mt. Pleasant followed by a nice break to go home and eat. I had to go to Wood School in the afternoon which was a complete fucking nightmare. It started with Kindergarteners being terrible and then fourth graders being even worse. One kid slammed a chair and said he hates substitutes. Totally worth the money. Even though we didn't have much time Becca came over for a much-needed run after that day. I felt better after that.

I went to my first physical therapy appointment for my thumb where the doctor was funny and confused about what could be wrong. After the initial evaluation he had me put my hand in paraffin wax and let it sit for 15 minutes. It felt really nice. I had to do some exercises with putty and then I got the electrodes. All in all it wasn't so bad, but I don't have high hopes and the doctor didn't seem to either.

I came home and decided to stay in for the night. I watched some things and went through some stuff to throw out in preparation for moving. I got my last tax documents so I went ahead and got that out of the way on TurboTax. It felt nice to just get it done. I got to bed late with no job yet for tomorrow. 

Jan 25, 2017

I had a pretty easy day at Silver Run covering meetings. Didn't get a lot of work done because their break room sucks, but I got a long lunch and found out I was done when I went back after. It was pretty nice out so I went out to the sheds and got rid of some of my stuff that I've been holding onto for too long. I still have a lot of shirts that I'll probably throw away eventually. It's weird that it's so hard to let go of clothing sometimes.

I met Becca at Parvin and we ran together on the muddy and branch-covered Black Oak trail. After the wind storm the other day there was a lot of debris and a tree had fallen across the path. I stopped at 4 miles, but Becca pushed me to go for 5, which we had discussed earlier and I was happy we did it. We came home and cooked veggies and quinoa and finished watching season one of Love.

Jan 24, 2017

This is how I spent most of my day. I got up and didn't find any jobs that I wanted to take; not too many even came up anyway. Once I accepted that I got into my day of relaxing and doing work. It was a pretty even mix of editing and watching shows on Netflix. I watched a great comedy special by Neal Brennan. I finally went and got my oil changed and picked up a new external hard drive. The night was more of the same. I watched House and edited photos. 'Twas a nice day in.

Jan 23, 2017

I subbed for the computer class at Memorial and spent the day going through photos and editing again, so it was good and productive. Becca's case for the evening was canceled so I rescheduled my doctor and oil change so we could get to Philly a little earlier and go to Memphis Taproom for food and happy hour. We got spaghetti sandwiches, delicious as always, and they had Two Hands Hop Hands on tap. During this time I "realized" that I locked my keys in my car where I left it at Barnes & Noble in Deptford.

We got Becca's mom and Christie to team up and leave the spare key under my car tire. It was really nice of them. Since that was figured out we went on to Manny Brown's and had one more beer to kill some time.

We got to the TLA with plenty of time to spare before Dashboard came on. I hadn't been there in so long I kind of forgot what it was like. We squeezed in and made our way to the middle area of the crowd, causing a few people to be annoyed that I was in front of them.

Dashboard played a good set even though the crowd barely nodded their heads at most of the songs. That didn't stop them from Snapchatting the songs anyway. It ended up being fun anyway, even if it wasn't as good as the Taste of Chaos set. Chris invited the guy from Sorority Noise to play one of his songs in the middle which was cool. I need to listen to them more. We went back to my car and definitely didn't realize the keys were in Becca's car the whole time.

Jan 22, 2017

After sleeping late, but not really sleeping in since we went to bed at 3am, we got up wanting pancakes. We found a quick and easy recipe and (mostly Becca) cooked up some blueberry flapjacks. I cut the perfect square of butter for the photo so I helped. It was just what I wanted for breakfast while we watched some Love. Becca had to go to a child's birthday party so I worked on photos and just hung out.

Even though it was dreary and misty out all day we decided to go for a run at Parvin. It ended up being great. We ran a little over 4 miles, partially in mud, but if it wasn't for the darkness and other obligations we would have run farther. I felt great. When we got back I devised a way to record Becca's class so she could do it later. I spent time editing and she studied for a while. We watched another episode of Love and then I headed home to do laundry and get to bed.