Kevin Linder

Just got back from Northern California. Everytime I am making the drive home, I wonder to myself why I thought it was a good idea to drive and why I can’t seem to remember that the starting drive isn’t bad, it’s always the return home.

The reunion itself was nice. Can’t believe it has been a whole year already. Seems like just last week I was up there for last years reunion. This year there were no kids (other than some childish adults) and the weather was so nice. It was warm but not hot. Nice enough that you could sit in the sun and it felt good. No big need to get wet to cool off. The weather was also nice in that people felt comfortable (especially the old timers) in that everyone could sit around, talk and not worry about the heat or dying from heat stroke. Of course most of the old farts still had to worry about strokes but that’s what happens when ya get old!

All in all it was nice. There were some problems that seem to happen every year and maybe I’m getting older but I’m getting tired of the behavior and going to take steps to ensure it stops.

But it’s finally done. The problem is now that I’m back, I’m not tired. While on the road when it was about 10pm I was getting tired so while I was filling up the car I decided to try those little 5 hour energy drinks you see on TV. It didn’t taste as bad as I thought it would and as far as I could tell it gave me more energy and kept me awake. Could just been that I thought it would keep me awake and thus I just made it work myself. Who knows right? I made it home in one piece so it was worth it either way.