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I think we need a moment of silence and a commemorative sock.
I soooo wanted to call in sick today. But I'm not sick, I just didn't want to get out of bed.
Drum lessons tonight because nothing says "Fuck you" to my neighbors quite as clearly as drum lessons.
A drum kit or native American drums?
Drum kit, my kids already have the ceremonial drums down.![]()

Never ever ever stepping on Amtrak again. 82 fucking hours of pure hell.
So, no Trans Siberian trip in your future?
So, no Trans Siberian trip in your future?
I'd take something like that, or go across Canadian Rockies, etc. etc.
Part of my being pissed is someone walked off with my walk on stuff. I was asleep, he claimed all bags were his, yada yada yada.
The other is that the line that services me is notorious for running way behind schedule, and it's because of all the oil in Montana/North Dakota. Amtrak basically rents the rails from BNSF, and so freight trains have the right of way. Even for a Sunday, there was a lot of oil tankers being freighted, and at one location, we had to sit in one spot for an hour and a half to let 4 freighters go by. My trip with time zone differences took 84 hours.
Wow, that's seriously long. Do you get motion sick? Can you read/text on a moving train?
I had bad motion sickness for years. Once I started driving, my motion sickness went away, which it does for a lot of people, but mine went away whether I am driving or a passenger, so thank god for small miracles.
I can't do much text reading. Thankfully Amtrak now has power outlets at all seats now, so I can just play with apps on my phone, or watch something on the laptop, etc. etc.
Coach has come a long way as well. This was the first trip that I had someone in the seat next to me a few times, actually. I always have my own two seats, and just putting both the head rests back, and raising the legs on them, I can sprawl across the two seats and sleep quite comfortably actually.