Syracuse, NY > Baton Rouge, LA

October 9th – 10th

West Virginia vs Syracuse - CFB

On Friday morning, as I was going down the elevator, in an attempt to be ‘folksy’, I said, “Wow, a short wait this morning!” to the elderly woman standing next to me.
She said, “Do you know why?”
I said, “Because it’s a slow elevator”
She said, “NO! Because less people are using it.”
I said, “Possibly, but it still is a very slow elevator and there should be more for a building this size”
She said, “NO, it’s because less people are using it!”

OMG! I hate people again and it’s only 8am!

I managed to keep the dome inflated during my trips inside.

Jason and I went to Jimmy John’s on Marshall St. for lunch.

The game on Saturday went well.


That night I had to fly to New Orleans and then drive to Baton Rouge.
And of course I couldn’t possibly get there in logical way – had to go from Syracuse to Chicago; Chicago to New Orleans. For a total of 1,672 flying miles, followed by 75 miles in the car.

Ugh!

I had 2 seats to myself from Chicago to New Orleans and couldn’t sleep – just my luck!

I got to Baton Rouge around 11:45pm central time. The drive was horrible. Dark, rainy and I had issues figuring out how to get the defrost to work.

As I was driving, I thought, hmm, I wonder if there are deer in the swamp?
Sure enough, then I saw a few dart out from the darkness into the road.

So I slowed down and tried my best to stay awake.

Got to the hotel around 1:30a CT or so… Just as all the LSU Football fans were getting back from the Florida vs LSU game. Oh dear God, I did NOT have the patience for this!

And as luck would have it, my room had been cancelled. Are you kidding me?!

I kept my cool and the nice front desk clerk found me a room, even though they were sold out. Whew! That could of gotten REALLY ugly!

Got to bed around 2:30a, which meant it was really 3:30am. Nothing like a 22.5 hour day!