Yesterday, the journey began. A little over two hours into said journey, it stopped. Unexpectedly. Some might say I hit a road bump. I just say I blew a tire. Shortly after crossing into Maryland, cruising in The General at a mere 70 mph, my rear left tire blew. So, I managed to get to the shoulder, evaluate the situation, realize that I had packed my entire life into the car, thus making it really hard to get to my donut, and call for a tow. Now the nearest town was just a mile a way, Hancock, buuuuuuut, I wasn't thrilled about the experience. I'd use harsh profanity to describe the town, but there may be kids reading.
After going to two different garages and waiting TWO hours to get a new tire in a town no bigger than Westwood(Pittsburgh reference) or Harmar(Marietta reference), I was out $140 but back on the road. Now I was in a time crunch. I had to meet my roommates at a hotel at 5:30 p.m., and rolled up at 5:28 p.m. Yeah, be impressed. So, I literally jumped out of my car, into another, and went into town to sign a lease. The leasing agent was from Israel, was very jumpy and unorganized(only one set of keys for three people), and managed to take two plus hours to get this done.
We then went to the apartment and began to unpack. About three hours later, dripping with sweat, starving from near 11 hours of not eating, and being tired and kind of grumpy about the whole experience so far, our belonging were all moved in. My roommates and I found a McDonald's, scarfed down a midnight meal and we were off to bed. How about that for a first day...
Leadership quality possessed and practiced today: Patience
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