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I hate DST. I get so thrown off for the first couple of days. Weird given that I travel into so many different time zones on a regular basis. I don't know what it is, but I am always out of whack after a clock change in my own zone versus being in a different time zone. I woke up around 4 with this in my head:

You ever think about the fact that some degrees are nothing more than internships you pay for? Think about someone who gets a theater management or theater set degree. They go to school for four years to learn how to do all the things that some one who chooses not to go to college does yet gets paid to do. Seriously. A kid at 17 can go to work for a theater company and by 22 or 23 they have learned enough that they can be a solid person in a union working on lighting, sound, etc. They have gotten paid the whole time too versus the 17 year old who goes to college for four years to learn the same trade if you will and instead has to pay the college. In the end, yes the college student has a broader and wider set of knowledge, but they are doing the same job and one owes 50,000 while one has made 50,000. Interesting eh?

That's what my brain came up with. I of course pondered that and went back to sleep.

I had a fun day yesterday. I decided I wanted ice cream. Not just an ice cream cone mind you, but real ice cream. I hopped on public transportation met up with a couple of friends who live in the city and we went on an adventure. It was fun. They were out shopping and I tagged along. Then we walked to one specific ice cream shop and I had an awesome waffle cone sundae. We headed back down, grabbed a cocktail while I waited for the train, and I was home by 8:30. I fun day. A little kooky, but fun. I walked about 5 miles total which easily took care of the giant sundae I had.

We talked a lot about B. My friend did a similar thing where she moved from MD to out here for a guy basically leaving behind everything. She offered to B that she can call, text, email, whatever any time if she needs a friend or an ally when she moves out here. She wants to make sure that B and I can be happy without B being overwhelmed at the culture shock of moving to a whole new world. Her thing was public transportation when she moved. She had never had to use it and was just freaked out at all the people and the options. It took her a while to get into the groove of things. She has offered to be a friend and mentor to B when she moves. I appreciate that.

Caught up on email when I got home. I had to walk home from the mall as the kid needed the car at work. Not a big deal. I had walked enough yesterday that another 1/2 mile wasn't going to kill me. Grabbed tacos on the way home.

Was in bed by 11. Now today and tomorrow are open but I need to pack. Whee.