train vs car travel

Going home to Bakersfield in 16-17 days and I need to decide, train or car.

Both take about the same amount of time and cost about the same. My dad has graciously offered to help me pay for it.

Cons to train:

Train leaves Chico at 3am.

I have no transportation in Bakersfield for the couple of days I'm there, meaning I either have to rely on other people to drive me around or borrow a car.

I have no way to lug any gifts back or down. Back is no problem, I don't want anything this year but down would bum me out.

Also it's cheaper to leave at 3am Christmas Eve and arrive Christmas Eve day at 130pm than the Thursday previous.

Train is slightly more than car in gas (although gas prices could go up before X-Mas eve) but...

I have to get someone to pick me up and drop me off at both ends of the trip.

I have to be more selective in what I pack and when I go and come back.

Definitely no chance to me zipping over to SLO for a day, but then again who is going to be home anyway?

Pros to train:

Train arrives in Bakersfield at 1:15pm

I only have to ride the bus for one hour if I get a certain route. Everything else is glorious train with snack cars and bathrooms and electrical outlets.

I can sleep on the train (no I know I won't, but the idea is there)

I have anxiety when I drive alone on long country roads. I only developed it living in SLO and taking the two shitty roads out of SLO to Bakersfield. I will be going alone this trip I'm pretty sure and the drive back always takes 12 hours. ALWAYS.

Ben can watch the cat, my house, and my car while I'm gone. Other than the 3am drop off/pick up times, I'm sure he'd have no problem with it.

So internet, what do you think I should do?

blog-o-rama

So a few years ago every one I knew was blogging like crazy. Now it's just a few of us left and some people I don't really know but I've been reading for awhile...

Anyway who do you read? I'm always looking for new people to check out. Leave your suggestions in the comments.

Ask and you shall receive..

So lately I haven't had a lot to say here, and have just been posting pictures. I figured this could get boring for you, so I did what all the other cool kids are doing now and signed up for a formspring.me account. You can access it here. Or by going to the little box on the sidebar to the right.

While I am pretty sure I'll only answer "appropriate" questions, if you ask, I may surprise you, so ask me whatever you've always wanted to know. If I get some good ones, I'll post them here.

Something I want to try

A friend of mine just pointed me towards Project 365.

Since I pretty much already take a photo a day anyway, why not share it with you? So this is my New Years resolution for 2010. I will take a photo a day and share it here.

Won't you join me?

A view from my home office

A few days ago I got DSL out at the old homestead which resulted in my needing to move my computer and rearrange some stuff. So I went ahead and reorganized my bulletin board/desk area as well.

You can see Hello Kitty/Sanrio figures pretty heavily into my office area. As well as music related keepsakes and photos. While the Giants calendar isn't mine, I didn't mind October at all, since it was the month that Brian Wilson was the featured player. (ha ha)

So what's your desk area like? What inspires you? Post a picture or just share a little. Let's call it audience participation....


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