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California Driving

Posted by Stuart at 05:42 AM on March 12, 2005

It's 5:42 AM and I haven't slept a wink all night. Every night, I always fall asleep very quickly, so when I laid down around 2 AM and was still awake 30 minutes later, I had to get out of bed and do something else. Now it is almost four hours later and I still haven't slept. In fact, I'm not even remotely tired. I guess I drank too much coffee on the drive down from LA earlier this evening.

(And yes, I gave up drinking coffee, for the most part, a few months ago. But thanks to the jet lag I was quite tired on the drive down from LA, and falling asleep at the wheel is not a good idea. But it looks like maybe I should have had a small cup instead of a large one! In any case, here I sit recording my trip to the US instead of sleeping.)

Hanging out with Giam and some of his friends in LA yesterday was fun. I stopped by the Apple Store in the Grove Center to check out the new iMac Mini. I really want one and I just might be able to find room in my suitcase for one on the way back. After shopping, we headed to the beach for a while. It was still fairly chilly, so we just walked around and enjoyed the scenery.

On the drive to the beach, I felt a little homesick for California. But then I realized that I wasn't so much homesick for working in California, I just missed the weekends. One of my favorite things to do on the weekends was to ride down the Pacific Coast Highway with the windows down and the radio on. It always felt like I was in one of those fancy car ads that are filmed along the winding cliffs overlooking the Pacific. So much fun!