Louisville Slugged Me

I don't know what that means.

So here I am. In Louisville, Kentucky. The Bible Belt. Middle America. It's quite charming. It reminds me a lot of home, even though KY is probably technically considered "The South" and not remotely at all like MN. I think it's just because I haven't really been out of California for 4.5 months, it makes me remember how different things are out there and how normal the rest of the country is. I can honestly say I didn't see any Benz, BMW, or Audis today. Weird.

Anyways. I'm here in Louisville tonight. Then off to Nashville tomorrow. I'm working alone for the first time and it's going well so far. Although, all I had to do today was get here. I was up at 4AM and to Louisville by 3PM. In fact, that was actually 1PM Pacific time. No one told me Eastern Kentucky is in the Eastern Time Zone. So now it's only 8PM Cali time and I need to go to bed because I have a 6AM Cali time meeting. Brutal!! It's okay though, all I have to do tomorrow is have two 20 minute meetings and drive a few hours.

After I picked up my rental car and checked into the hotel, I drove downtown to the river front park. It was kind of fun! It was really relaxing to sit and watch the barges and the duckies making their way down the Ohio River. I got some pretty good pictures I think, but I won't be able to upload them until the weekend. I didn't bring my camera cable.

I was planning on going to a local brewery pub (Cumberland Brewery) for dinner, but I couldn't find the place. I'm sure my directions were good, it's just that it was dark, there was storefront after storefront, the streets were narrow, cars were parked on either side, headlights were in my face, and I didn't really know what I was looking for. I mean, a McDonald's sign is easier to identify than some pub you've never seen before. Right? I should have pulled over around the address number and just walked it, but I didn't think of that until I was back on the freeway.

I hope to have better luck tomorrow night in Nashville.

I ended up walking to the convenience store and getting a sandwich, Fritos, and a Corona in a brown bum bag. Oh and some guy with a gas can asked me if I had any money. His truck ran out of gas on the freeway and he left his debit card at home. I gave him a $1. In hindsight, I shoulda just filled him up. I didn't use all my per diem today anyways. Oops.