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Ugh. Morning. After an extended day in the office yesterday, I hitched a ride with Joe over to Blanco's for what started to as beer and ended up as straight Crown. Dirk, John, and the regulars were there, but the reason for my swerve off route to suburbia was Dwayne. Superglide showed his face last eve as he rarely does and we raised our glasses in his honor. One EL and Anita arrived, we went on to Dwayne and Anitas apartment for some fabulous homemade Indian food. We all had a great time and I was quite buzzed upon departure. The long journey home revealed my age. I was so sleepy. It was still relatively early (11:30-ish?) and I was mentally fluffing pillows and layering covers. With EL at the wheel and providing conversation, the drive didn't quite seem as long as it could have seemed I'm sure. I did not want to get up this morning. Holy shit. Frankly, I'm disappointed I don't have more vacation days left this calendar year or I would have called in... not because I'm hanging, but because I am tired. Beat tired. I actually feel fine this morning except for the exhaustion. What's up with that? I kissed my beautiful wife goodbye and head for the bus. I was just passing the ramp to the freeway when I got this strong urge to get on... quickly checking for no traffic, I redirected and was in the thick of morning commuters - bumper to bumper - in no time. "Why did I just do that?" I didn't have the answer. A few miles down the road, the lanes opened up and it was smooth sailing all the way to just inside the loop. After 610, traffic started congesting again to rubberneck the stalled bus blocking all traffic in the HOV... the HOV I would have been on had I not sharply redirected my choice of commute this morning. What a cherished coincidence! I rolled on into downtown with no further problems and did miss Engines (which I love) to boot! I think this calls for a little caffeine celebration!