Time to kick off the start of the summer. This summer I am going to do something a bit different, and I am going to work for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services-Baltimore in their datacenter group. Last summer I decided that I didn't enjoy coding very much so I have taken a different direction this summer.

Since I wanted to be able to drive myself around to all of the great places on the east coast, and because I was not completely sure about the public transportation around the place where I was going to live, I decided to drive my car out to Baltimore. It took seven days (including one non-driving day) to get to Baltimore with stops at Yellowstone, Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse (http://www.crazyhorse.org/), a few random campgrounds that happened to be in the right places, my granny's house, and of course, Lambeau Field. Yep... I have been a Packers fan for as long as I can remember and that was the first time that I had actually been in Green Bay. I will be putting lots of pictures on Facebook so look for those soon.

But the weirdest part of my trip happened right in the middle on Wednesday. We we driving through Minnesota (made it through the whole state without stopping for gas or anything) when I got a call from the lady we were going to rent from. She told me that she wouldn't be able to rent to me because of an issue with her exhusband not wanting us to be around her kids. I guess he thought we would be a bad influence or molest them or something. She said that she would call me back to help arrange a place to stay for the summer.

Then I finally got around to checking my email (I went without internet for almost four days!) and there was an email from her sent on Monday saying that she had decided to rent out the apartment to someone else. So I was confused. I called her and she said that she would talk to her exhusband and see what she could do.

After a day, I called her and left a message. She never called back, but I did get a very angry call from her ex telling me tTime to kick off the start of the summer. This summer I am going to do something a bit different, and I am going to work for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services-Baltimore in their datacenter group. Last summer I decided that I didn't enjoy coding very much so I have taken a different direction this summer.

Since I wanted to be able to drive myself around to all of the great places on the east coast, and because I was not completely sure about the public transportation around the place where I was going to live, I decided to drive my car out to Baltimore. It took seven days (including one non-driving day) to get to Baltimore with stops at Yellowstone, Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse (http://www.crazyhorse.org/), a few random campgrounds that happened to be in the right places, my granny's house, and of course, Lambeau Field. Yep... I have been a Packers fan for as long as I can remember and that was the first time that I had actually been in Green Bay. I will be putting lots of pictures on Facebook so look for those soon.

But the weirdest part of my trip happened right in the middle on Wednesday. We we driving through Minnesota (made it through the whole state without stopping for gas or anything) when I got a call from the lady we were going to rent from. She told me that she wouldn't be able to rent to me because of an issue with her exhusband not wanting us to be around her kids. I guess he thought we would be a bad influence or molest them or something. She said that she would call me back to help arrange a place to stay for the summer.

Then I finally got around to checking my email (I went without internet for almost four days!) and there was an email from her sent on Monday saying that she had decided to rent out the apartment to someone else. So I was confused. I called her and she said that she would talk to her exhusband and see what she could do.

After a day, I called her and left a message. She never called back, but I did get a very angry call from her ex telling me that it would not work, to move on and to never call again. Well... that would be a great course of action if the situation were not to the point where I would be in Baltimore in two days without a place to stay.

I called her again and got busy signals, and the voice mail a few times. I started to think she was blowing me off so I called with Amaris's phone, and what do you know? I got through. But then she hung up on me. That was when I finally was sure she was really blowing me off. But I am persistent. I would not take someone throwing me out in the cold and still not answering her phone. I finally got through to her, but her ex picked up the phone and told me he was sorry about my situation but it would not work and to essentially fuck off.

That was my first experience with Baltimore... fortunately I did find a nice place to stay and I start work tomorrow. It will be a lot of fun I hope! I will try to keep this updated for everyone back home to see what I am doing out here. Ciao.
hat it would not work, to move on and to never call again. Well... that would be a great course of action if the situation were not to the point where I would be in Baltimore in two days without a place to stay.

I called her again and got busy signals, and the voice mail a few times. I started to think she was blowing me off so I called with Amaris's phone, and what do you know? I got through. But then she hung up on me. That was when I finally was sure she was really blowing me off. But I am persistent. I would not take someone throwing me out in the cold and still not answering her phone. I finally got through to her, but her ex picked up the phone and told me he was sorry about my situation but it would not work and to essentially fuck off.

That was my first experience with Baltimore... fortunately I did find a nice place to stay and I start work tomorrow. It will be a lot of fun I hope! I will try to keep this updated for everyone back home to see what I am doing out here. Ciao.