Day 3: My Bad Day

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“Sometimes you need those bad days, because it helps you truly appreciate the good ones”

Today has not been a good day. I knew that this trip was going to test my comfort level but I didn't realize it would be so soon. It has just been one of those days where nothing exponentially bad has happened, just a bunch of little things that built and built until I just couldn't handle it anymore. I won't go into boring detail, but the “too long, didn't read” version is that I got a replacement phone on the Saturday before I left and it's being glitchy as hell, among other silly things. When you're using your phone to guide you pretty much everywhere, it's kind of important that it be functioning properly.

I spent far too long in Vallejo, that's where I ended up stopping to try and fix my phone (unsuccessfully). The only remotely interesting thing about it was it had a six flags theme park in it, which I was so tempted to go to. I had some decent Chinese food because I realized I was more hangry than anything else and then got back on the road. It took about an hour to get into San Francisco, I was going to stop and take a picture of the Golden Gate bridge at a viewpoint, but in keeping with the spirit of the day, the fog was so thick I couldn't even see it while driving on it.

A weird thing about San Francisco is almost every intersection that doesn't have a light has a 4 way stop, I went through at least 20 before arriving at my hostel. I parked in a sketchy garage about 2 blocks away, that wanted me to leave my keys (I didn't), and am praying to whatever God there is that my stuff doesn't get stolen. I didn't arrive until about 7:30 and have been hibernating in my bunk ever since I walked in my (shared) room. I feel like I should have gone and done something but I was too exhausted to even think about doing anything. So as bad as today was, there's always the opportunity for me to make tomorrow even better.

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