Friday, February 18, 2011

More from the trip..

I think its close to 6:00 AM at the all important Wall Mart parking lot...Its my personal rest area... I change clothes, buy office supplies, water...use the facilitys.. then go to safeway... for bread, clamata olives and deli stuff... the sun hasn't cleared the mountians yet.... but its there..


First things first... I changed my shirt to one that fit decided I needed a hair cut sometime before my interview... did the visine trick so I didnt look like I'd been up forever......scared people by carrying a camera into the rest room....and don't remember if I cared... Prolly not...


Ahhhh consumer goods......and the illusion of choice.... I needed a day planner and a smallish desk calender that would fit in my padfolio or lap top case... the usual pens and legal pads which I buy cause I have a habit of making notes that are almost like dictation... so I go through at least one pad per class.... not that this was a class.. it was mostly habit.... and .... it was just me wandering around, which I tend to like so a good time was had....

And back to the drive... now its watching the sun and pretty quick the traffic is going to build up so then theres a little ducking and dodging so I don't get smushed like a possum...  which is the reason I don't eat till I'm where I need to be... a ruptured stomach is hard to repair if something happens.... which I learned from listening to a nascar interview... I'd wear a Nomex fire suit if I had one... But for not the traffic is easy...


Random rear view, glare and traffick building..just like it does on a normal trip in......

A little more.... and then it slowed down to 5 MPH.... but not for long.. maybe 15 minutes.... then it was  time to do thethe tunnel squirt through......
Not bad at all for a change..but there were more lanes and I was running a little early.. the best part was no one wrecked out and narrowly missed me... which happens every second trip chunks of semi tires flying at my head the usual hazzards... No wrecks makes me all happy, happy.....


Out of the tunnel and the sun has cleared the mountians and I know people are blinded so I have to really pay attention... hahahah.....yay

Off the freeway and in Indian School.... the surface streets bit ass.... there was a 45 mph speed limit for which Im greatful.... what with kids going to school, people heading to work....and most folks being asleep at the wheel....  I scouted where I needed to be.... went back to a 7-11 or somewhere got coffee and a bear claw... drove to where I was supposed to be, composed myself for the interview.... with some hazelnut coffee blend... got organized ..... and rocked the interview....

Tons of stuff got done... I had to show hard copys of my certificates... which is standard credentaling..then get my fingerprints taken...which is more standard stuff...a stop for a haircut.. which was great.. the barber was a Hopi off the Rez who gave straight razor shaves for $20, and the shop packed with all things Marilyn Monroe.. turned out he has family on the rez I lived on.. another funny thing was.. he was a long hair Hopi giving me a white guy cut... not the regular kind but old school block and shave comed straight back....

I wasn't thinking or I'd have gotten photos of him an the shop...it was worth seeing....next time in.. I will take photos of the shop...

1 comment:

  1. hey, hope the trip worked out good m8, i love the pics of normal stuff in US, cheers

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