Reno

I am in my hotel room in Reno. None of my roommates are here yet, but all of them will be soon. I went to the ecumenical service tonight. It was nice.

There are slot machines in the airport. It is strange to see. I am not much of a gambler. I know some of the people here want to go (in fact, many are in the casino connected to the hotel right now). Working out, reading, making music are all more appealing to me than gambling, but I suppose I will go one night. To be social. Although, how social is gambling, really? Sometimes I feel like such a curmudgeon.

I left the apartment at about 8:45 this morning. My flight was scheduled to leave at 1:25 and I wanted to give myself plenty of time on public transit to get there. Google maps told me almost two and a half hours. I got to the airport at 10:30. Security line was long but quick. When I got through, it was 11 am. I checked my flight- delayed until 3:15. So I spent quite a bit of time at the airport. It was a bit of a long travel day.

Hotel room is fine. Lots of lights outside. Many restaurants inside- but no continental breakfast! I went to the nearest Walgreens and bought some food for the hotel room. I will eat out, but if I can save a few bucks on some meals, I will. I ate dinner from that food tonight and plan on eating part of breakfast and all of lunch from it tomorrow.

I really like these conventions.

Oh, and it is "cold". Low of about 20 tonight. High of low 40s tomorrow. But then it will be in the 50s. I am bundled when I got outside. I forgot how invigorating cold can be, as long as it is not too cold.