Day 2 from San Diego

I know this is technically Monday morning, but I just got back from visiting downtown San Diego (more on that in a minute). This report is on day one of my training here at SDSU.

As I previously mentioned, the accommodations at the home of the Aztecs are less than stellar. When I wrote that, it was before I actually tried to sleep in the bed that they provided. As I said before, the mattress resembles a Walmart chaise lounge cushion. In hindsight, that was a little unfair to Walmart chaise lounge cushions. You see, at least Walmart's cushions are somewhat soft. Not this death slab. This mattress is so hard, I might as well sleep on the ground. And it's only 3 feet wide. So no room for tossing and turning.

OK, now that I remembered to mention that, time to discuss tonight's festivities. Myself and a fellow Chico dude decided to go downtown and hit some bars. He was hoping to see a friend that he's known for a long time, who also happens to be a waitress at a downtown bar. I was hoping to get a little drunk. I hate to keep you in suspense, so let me just say that I accomplished my goal.

One of our classmates told us about the trolley, which is similar to BART. It runs pretty often, right from campus to downtown and back. And it's cheap. Sweet! So we jump on the trolley and head downtown. Quick ride, maybe 20 minutes in all. It moves pretty fast.

We hang out at one nice joint, then move on to his friend's place. And she's working! They have a cool catch-up session and the drinks are flowing, and she hooks us up with cheap drinks, yada yada yada (keep in mind, the beers here are $6-$7, while in Chico, they're $1-$2). We get out the door after drinking multiple shots and beers for $50. Nice!

We decide it's time to head back to SDSU, and walk back to the train station. We get on the trolley and start heading back. The trolley stops at Qualcomm Stadium (home of the San Diego Chargers, but screw them), which is still a few stops away from our final destination. We sit for a while. Not moving. I notice the woman who drives the trolley standing outside smoking, so I head out for a smoke myself. We start chatting about the fact that the trolley goes all the way to Tijuana (more to come on that lovely little fact tomorrow), and I'm talking about SDSU, and she says, "you know that this is the last stop on Sunday night, right?". F*&k me running.

We now have two options. Stay at Qualcomm and try to hail a cab, or head all the way back to old town SD and get a cab there, which would cost two arms and three legs to take to SDSU.

We decide it would be better to get a cab from the stadium, and then proceed to walk around the outside of the stadium in the dark looking for an exit or anything we can use as a landmark for cabbie directions. We get through to Yellow cab (God bless them) and they pick us up. We even go through Jack in the Box before heading home, all for $20. Not bad.

I'm freaking tired, man. Good night.

P.S. - T.J. Tuesday!

P.P.S. - The training so far is OK. Not much I can use, but good to know.