Sleep deprivation.

Today I returned from visiting my parents in Southern CA (mind you I am attending school in Northern CA and I'm about four hundred miles away from my permanent home). I really need to plan my trips more diligently because the costs of travel are beginning to rise a bit..

I departed yesterday (May 2, 2010) from the Los Angeles Union Station at around 7pm (I believe) to board the Pacific Surfliner to Santa Barbara. From there, I boarded a bus to take me from Santa Barbara to Emeryville. The ordeal (at least I call it an ordeal) was to say the least putting me on the verge of wanting to rest and ride on top of the bus than have to put up with the stench of stale urine (perhaps the bus's restroom backed up, or someone had an accident, who knows) for the following eight hours while uncomfortably drifting from into and out of quick naps. By the time the bus approached San Francisco, I became accustomed to the smell of urine, I no longer smelt it (or at least I thought so long as I didn't take deep breaths whilst inside the bus). I finally arrived at the Emeryville Amtrak station and awaited the arrival of the eastbound Capital Corridor to take me back home (my second home I should say, Davis).

Keep in mind throughout the majority of my trip, I emphasize drifting in and out of quick naps, I did not have any recuperative sleep.