I had been itching to Couchsurf for Fall Break and none of the CS requests I sent out got back to me on time. So, I thought why not hop in the car and drive? Sounded good to me. I called up people along the east coast and asked if they were busy. A couple said come visit. So I did. Along the way of "planning," for some reason I found myself focused on Baltimore. I wondered what I could do there and thought why not watch a concert. So after searching for concerts, I found Brandi Carlile. I'm glad for whatever reason Baltimore came to my mind because I discovered Brandi's music.
A normal person wouldn't really think of going to a concert alone, right? Well I guess I'm not normal. That was a very interesting concert LOL. I had no idea that Brandi and her front act, Amy Ray, were lesbians and I guess for some reason lesbians are very supportive of their fellow gays because there were a LOT of them there. It was very weird at first but by the end of it all I was just amused.
I went to Trappe, PA to visit a family friend and stayed for the night. The highlight of that trip was the sunset after outlet shopping and of course the outlet shopping itself. After that, I drove down to Silver Spring to meet up with Judy, my long lost friend! We watched Drew Barrymore's Whip It and found it to be a funny and fresh coming-of-age comedy. I stayed up with Joe and Jake till about 4am and crashed on the couch where I slept like a baby. After all, I did get to couchsurf huh.
The next morning, we went to hear mass and for the grand finale of my trip - went to have sushi at Sushidamo in Rockville. The sushi was just priceless and the fried tempura ice cream was to die for.
On my drive back down south, I listened to the audiobook version of Randy Pausch's Last Lecture. I'm happy to report that the 3 hours it took me to drive to school that day didn't go down the drain.
In retrospect, this trip is not on the top 10 but it did it's purpose - to get away from all the stress and negativity from school. Till the next time, I hope to be blogging about the fall foliage of the Western NC mountains! :P
