Jason's Daily Notes

The weekend began Friday at 11:30 am. I drove from work, feeling excited, to Westwood. I picked up Matthew, who had just gotten out of the gym, then we picked up our rideshare passenger, James, who lived on Landfair. We drove back to the apartment, where we got our stuff together (hastily but thoroughly - I did forget my toothbrush and towel though - doh!). As Matt showered, James and I went to Big Tomy's to get some lunch. I had a California burrito, which was huge! I only ate half of it and gave the rest to James and Matthew.

Soon we were on the road! Well, sorta... We had one more rideshare to pick up, in West Hollywood. Cameron was his name, and he was picking up insurance for his new truck (which is in Sacramento and with which he's opening a green-gardening business). [Our rideshares' names = James Cameron!] So it was really around 1:30 when we really got going. The sun shining brightly, my ipod providing some background music to the conversations we had with our rideshares, it was all good.

When we hit the grapevine, the wildflowers were in full bloom:

The hills were splashed with brushstrokes of orange, purple, and yellow on a rich green canvas. It was the first time I remember the hills blossoming so much.

The rest of the drive was manageable and not very eventful. Somewhere around Kettleman City the passengers passed out. I soldiered on, without any sugar or caffeine. Without any water either, we didn't have to make a single bathroom stop! The windshield got plastered with a smattering of dead bugs. We were making good time, headed for a 7pm arrival, when - BAM! - the 580 came to a complete stop in Livermore. We were stuck there for at least 20 minutes, hardly moving. Two police cars and an ambulance raced by on the shoulder... it was definitely an accident. We got out of there soon after and headed straight for Rockridge, where I dropped off James, then drove south on Broadway into downtown Oakland where I dropped off Cameron at the 12th street BART station. And it was finally time to arrive in Oakland!

Leslie's apartment is amazing! It's new and clean and has a sauna and fitness center! We were tired and hungry, and I had been anticipating dinner for a while, so the three of us bid farewell to Jen and Billy and walked to Everett and Jones for that delicious barbecue:
Nom nom! A good dinner, then we ended up just chilling at Leslie's apt since we were so exhausted. We played the game where we'd choose from three people who we'd kill, marry, and sleep with. It was fun, at first...