Y12 D101

I'm in a hotel!! It's very odd. There's maybe 10 cars in the parking lot. I would wager at least two of those belong to employees. One is mine, which leaves 7 other guests in the hotel. I should have pushed for an upgraded room but I don't think they have anything too much better here at the ol' Hampton Inn. It's a holiday weekend and normally this place would probably be jumping, but here it is Friday and there's nobody. I'm totally okay with this, believe me. Just the fact that I am out of the house is enough.

I taught all day and finished around 4:30pm, let my students go, and did some last minute packing. I did get a really nice compliment from one of my students. We strive to not just be "instructors" and actually have real world experience with what we are teaching. It does make a difference as we can go off script, answer more technical questions, etc. Two of my students were prior students and knew what to expect, the third was a new guy, and he was the one who gave the compliment. He immediately recognized that was I wasn't just reading slides and called that out. He said it was nice to have an instructor who had knowledge of the material and wasn't just reading from a book. Bam. That's it right there. That's what we strive for in our classes. That was a nice way to end the two days and kick off the weekend.

Got to the hotel a little after 5pm, checked in, and walked over to the grocery store. That felt nice. Felt like I was really on the road. I bought rockstars, and some snacks, and food for dinner. I had a think of street tacos in my room. I also got some stuff for lunch today. The only downside is when I checked in, they informed me no breakfast. They will have 'to go' bags, but no waffle. Boo. I really was looking forward to that waffle. Oh well.

Today I am going to head over to the Target next door, get a couple of things, then sit in the room and play video games. For real. Those are my big plans. I even got up this morning without an alarm. I brought the switch with me and my whole steam library. No rush, no expectations. Now where's that to go breakfast??

EDIT -- I almost forgot the biggest news. B's grandma is getting a kidney!! After 7 years of dialysis and being on the list, one is headed to her today or tomorrow. We are very excited for this. It's the main reason we moved here. B is one of her primary caretakers and will probably end up living over there for a while to take care of things around the house. As more develops, I will let you know!