i had an eventful trip from denver to philly.

upon leaving denver, i realized that i had a flat tire. this put me and bob and hour behind marcello and ken, and about an hour an a half behind carrie and kelly.

soon thereafter i realized that bob can't drive stick, so i'd have to do all the driving. a couple hours later i started to feel a bit drowsy, so i had to pull over and rest my eyes for 45 minutes.

we got back on the road and were about two hours behind.

we were making up some ground until we got to the end of nebraska and into iowa where we caught some rain and snow, which, of course, the others squeaked past.

eventually, though, we made it to chicago unscathed, and arrived the same time as the pizza and beer, so there's something to be said for good timing.

the next morning, as marcello shut the door to our friend's apartment behind him, i had an "oh shit!" moment. i left my keys upstairs. of course, the outside door was locked. thankfully, some woman came down to let her cats out, and ken was able to run up and find my keys.

ken offered to drive the first half back to philly, b/c i had gotten all of eight hours of sleep in the three previous nights. what a relief.

when i woke up, the first thing that ken said to me was, "are we supposed to be in michigan?"

"no. no we're not."

eventually, we got that all straightened out and were on our way to philly without any problems.

i'll try to update again next week if i get a chance, and i may even have some new hockey scores and stats for your enjoyment.

i hope everyone has a good holiday!