home…
so i'm home… and when i say home, i don't mean birmingham. i mean, my house in birmingham.
my flight came in around 11am, and i went to work, only to find out that we were closing at 1pm. and we're staying closed tomorrow. so… i'm home for a day and a half, that i COULD have stayed in washington and gotten some research done instead of having to make an additional research trip. not that i don't want to go back, but it is more fun if i don't have to work. 
while i'm home, i will be reading, getting some work done from home and probably watch a movie or something. ehhh, who am i kidding. i'll so take a nap here in the next hour or so, just because i won't be able to keep my eyes open. if there's anything i know about my trips to d.c. and coming in on a monday morning is that it's too dang early to get up to catch the plane. i have to get up at 5am (that's 4am central) to catch the metro at 5:30am when it opens to get to reagan. i got in just before the boarding call this morning. good thing i had a carry-on. but i'm so tired… i don't like early flights.
the guy next to me on the plane was so nice. he's an miss state grad, and working in memphis. he visits his bro in washington all the time. he gave me a few pointers as far as the cheapish travel… namely: fly into baltimore on southwest and take the $6 marc train to union station to catch the metro. not bad at all… so i'm looking to head back up at the end of september. i figure i'd go ahead and get the big research out of the way. i think i will take monday off next time and stay an extra day up there and fly back on monday night. i believe when i head back up, i'll take a day trip to boston to get the docs i need for my paper. i can do a round trip for less than $90 from there. i figure that would be easier than having to make an additional trip after that.
i like traveling, especially on planes. however, today's landing made me a little queasy. the gusts were already starting in birmingham, and it made the landing the roughest i've ever had to take. i was seriously afraid he wouldn't make it. i've not been that terrified in a long time… needless to say, the landing was at 11am, and my stomach is still strange from the landing. ugh.
ok… i'm going to enjoy my day. tomorrow, we'll see if i have class. but i definitely will have some good stuff to do tomorrow!
