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What a week. Having your birthday on finals week every year always causes problems…but this has been ridiculous. I turned 21 on Wednesday (Yes, May 2nd. Thanks for the presents you assholes) so all 3 people in my life that are willing to blow off finals took me out Tuesday night. Twenty-one shots later I was on my way to a cross-country road trip from Indy to Cali to start my internship at Yahoo. (Yes, I did all 21…it was ridiculously painful and I won’t be able to smell alcohol without puking for a week)

Technically I picked up the car a while ago in South Carolina at my parents’ place…so I guess I can officially call this a cross-country trip. The first day was easy, since I cut it short and crashed with my uncle who’s a professor at Iowa State (big ups on the promotion Pappu Chacha!).

The second day……not so much. Started hitting some nice scenery through Nebraska and Wyoming (not much else), but all of a sudden the thermometer in my car dropped 30 degrees, the sky turned white and snow started falling in sheets. In May. And just as I thought I had regained control of crayola (the corolla), big yellow signs saying something like “steep grade ahead (gorge to hell)” started showing up. At this point I’m practically hydro-planing down a mountain, down-shifting to second gear while still going 60 mph, and if I touch that brake I’m going to fly off into the river like the unfortunate Mormons that didn’t make it to Salt Lake.

But I did make it (after 20 hrs of straight driving), and after spending the night just past Salt Lake the morning views were spectacular. Throughout Utah, Nevada, and Northern California…snow capped mountains next to prairies next to lakes next to casinos. I stopped by Reno to shoot a few craps, spin a few wheels and play a few hands (came out on top $5, woo hoo). Tahoe was amazing, it was 71 degrees outside and there was snow right next to me (I’ll be back). And now I’m finally here at my hotel in Sunnyvale on my King-size sleep number (I’m a 45). I definitely plan on actually stopping at a few more places on the way back…I’ll be driving with my buddy Arpit straight to my sister’s wedding on August 4th. Hopefully my liver will be ready for some action on the way

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