Yep! I'm back home! After nearly missing my greyhound yesterday due to the bus being packed, I finally arrived, barely avoiding being stranded in Vancouver proper. (The driver totally booked it over the Coquihalla. ) It was kind of funny, because when we were in Merritt the driver put on Men in Black II and I started watched that, then when it was over some kinda annoying ladies in front of me had their overhead reading light on so I just read until they turned it off, THEN when I finally looked up, probably only like 2 hours after Merritt, I saw that we were on the lower mainland. Since it usually takes about 4 hours to cross the Coast Mountains along the Coquihalla, I was a bit confused - were we just coming up on Langley or Chilliwack? But no - I didn't see a single city, but we were definately on the lower mainland! The next thing I knew the trees were opening up ahead and quite suddenly we were driving across the big ol' bridge which leads into Vancouver (which I obviously don't know the name of). Despite being extremely late starting, somehow the driver (probably largely due to his lead foot) actually managed to get us to Pacific Central Station ten minutes early.

Which was pretty sweet, considering I had less than an hour to cross Burrard Inlet before the transit shut down for the night. (A feat which is pretty much impossible on foot unless you REALLY know Vancouver and you're not carrying a fifty pound duffel bag on your back like I was or carrying an exposed $1500 laptop while desperately needing to pee) ... my spine hurts today. I can carry a lot of weight since I'm a backpacker, but only if I'm using a proper backpack, which I wasn't. I kind of hate duffel bags - they're heavy, awkward to carry and uncomfortable. Gimme a damn backpacking backpack any day. (Too bad I had too much bulky shit to use my pack. )

I came home and then realized that a bunch of chocolate had gotten stuck in my laptop's powerport and USB port. What came next was an hour and a half of me desperately shoving a paring knife where it didn't belong to get out the chocolate, trying not to electrocute myself. I doubt the USB port will ever be the same again after having a very sharp knife forcibly stuck in it, but I never really use it anyway. I have two others. (I seriously saw a couple of flashes from the USB port - after which I decided to stop putting the knife in it and leave it alone.) The powerport was evidently sufficiantly cleaned, because it's hooked up right now and working fine. (I wonder if the laptop vets will notice any residue when I take Lappy into its checkup next year. )

How the chocolate managed to melt into the two ports is beyond me - the laptop was OFF and thus wasn't creating heat. Maybe it was just my lap or something. Probably.

SO that's my random story for the day. This morning I got up stupidly early (well, stupidly early for somebody who was up until 2 am sticking a small knife into the side of her laptop) went to my first class and then went grocery shopping. After that I came home, cleaned my room a little (it desperately needed it) and unpacked my stuff. I'm now procrastinating about showering. Gotta save some calories and be lazy somewhere during the day right?

Anyway, as for the nausia part of my journal title, today I rediscovered exactly why I hate transit so much. So, I was drawing away on my extremely late more-like-New-Years-Christmas present for =Twilight-Realm-Child (which is finished but needs to be scanned!) and the bus was being, well, a bus. Probably partially due to my exhaustion created from dragging that gods-awful heavy ass duffel across Vancouver yesterday, today I started feeling kinda motion sick. By the time I got to my destination, my stomach was starting to have thoughts about its contents, but luckily I survived and didn't puke and Wren's picture looks pretty nice. I'm not sure if this means I shouldn't draw on the bus while exhausted or if my blind glances at the street signs (I almost never actually pay attention to where the bus is going when I ride it) contributed to it. Anyway, another random ass story for you.

Now hopefully I'll stop procrastinating. Hoping to go to bed early tonight.