a wednesday to remember....

I didn't think I'd be in Washington today. Sometimes, things just happen. Didn't think I'd be at a Little League game either. Seeing distantly related second, third, fourth cousins, Great Uncles, once removed Aunts, once removed, and a back again wife, and talking about turning trash into fashion.  Deciding to return home after an unexpectedly adventurous day, and a reunion with family, some never met, I needed (really wanted) coffee to get me through the 2 hour drive home. God forbid I stop at a convenience store off random exit number irrelevant....  I knew just a few miles up the freeway there were 24 hour coffee places. I wanted fair trade. I wanted real cream. Turned into driving 25 miles in the opposite direction from my destination....  only to end up at a convenience store as I'd lost my way back to the freeway. Iced "coffee" was going to have to suffice. Called a friend to give her the readers digest condensed version of my day, (longer than the snapshot I've listed here...) only to lock my keys in the car.  Fuck the What?!?!  11:30pm, 132 miles from home, no spare key.... turned out to be a $61.99 cup of "coffee" that added another 50 miles to my trip home. After the unexpected fee to the 'locksmith' that opened my door in 3.5 seconds.  I left the home of I cousin I'd never met at 10:45. Finally home in bed at 2:30am....  I've never had a more bizarre 357 mile road trip. What lengths would YOU go to for a cup of coffee??  I didn't used to question my intelligence.....