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So it looks like I'm making a last minute trip to New York City this weekend. A friend who moved out to the city less than a year ago invited me late last night to come stay with her for the weekend. I'm always VERY leery about making last minute travel plans, because I always manage to screw something up which puts me in a bad mood and then I don't have fun. But, I'm making an exception this time. I haven't seen my friend in a while and I miss her. Plus, I love New York City. And it's fun to be spontaneous sometimes. So I'm going and that's that.

I'll be driving to Hoboken, NJ around 8am. I should get there just after noon. By the time I park, and get on a PATH train, it'll be 1pm, which means I should be at my friends place no later than 2pm. Seems reasonable anyway. It's something to strive for, not that it matters since I'm not actually bothering to make any plans.

I bought some clothes today. The problem with buying something that away from home that I may want to wear within the next few days is that I have to find a way to wash it. Unless of course, you're like my wife who doesn't bother to wash them right after buying them. But that's just gross. That shirt was probably stitched together by a child sweat-shop laborer in Asia somewhere using his dirty grubby feet to do the work because he lost both of his arms in a factory accident a few months before. And she just wears it. Gross.

But I digress. I bought some clothes today. The bad news is that I have to get them washed. The good news is that I get to go to a Laundromat to do so. I don't know why, but I've always had a fascination with them. So, I'm actually looking forward to it. I'll bring a good book and my camera and we'll see where it goes. I managed to find one not too far away that's open 24 hours a day. So, in a little bit I'm going to head out. On the way there, I'll stop at a gas station and get some gas for tomorrow and some cash.

Today was a good day. I sent out my update, which is always impressive because it shows not only the huge amount of issues I'm juggling, but also that I'm actively working on each of them and keeping records of my progress. Very few people are willing to put the effort in required to be the guy that's really organized, but almost everyone had great respect for those who do. I also was paid a huge compliment by my boss today. She said that one of her peers mentioned that I was doing an incredible job at selling the value of this new position. They are considering sending me to each center when they install someone like me there so that I can set the bar from the beginning.

I also finished "Peace like a River" by Leif Enger today. This is a great book. There is a strong theme of "faith" throughout it; faith that, in this case, is directed at the god of the King James bible. I was a bit worried that it would end up being preachy, but that wasn't the case at all. I highly recommend it.

All in all, I had a good day today. Now, I should get going so that I can get home at a reasonable hour. More later.