March 20, 2012
I’m not sure what woke me up at 3:30 in the morning, but when I looked out my van window, I noticed all the casino lights were completely out. That included the hotel, the casino marquee, the parking lot, and street lights. It was very eerie. Unable to sleep, I drove around the neighborhood to see what was going on. That’s when the lights started coming back on. I returned to my parking space and went back to sleep.
I woke up a second time at 7:30 and drove straight to Starbucks for my morning smoothies.
Shreveport, LA
My next destination was Dallas, Texas. I looked at the weather forecast for my drive, and this is what appeared on the radar. The red line represents the route from Shreveport to Dallas, Texas.
I figured there was no sense in putting myself in danger, so I remained in Shreveport until the weather improved. I took advantage of this time by doing laundry and cleaning my van.
While I was doing laundry, tornado, and flash flood warnings for the surrounding area appeared on the television in the laundromat. I knew then that I had made the right decision to stay put.
It was still raining heavily at 1:00 p.m., but I had completed all of my tasks and was ready to hit the road. I wanted to make it to Dallas before sunset. I rechecked the radar and estimated I would run out of the rain about an hour into my drive.
At this point, Dallas was showing no rain at all.
However, I forgot to do one thing: my morning meditation. The “Defusing Negative Energy and Stress” invocation would have been perfect before my drive, but I completely forgot. I was preoccupied with everything else that was going on.
My drive was pretty uneventful. While driving down the Interstate, I saw two hawks and took the following photographs.
I arrived in Dallas at sunset without incident. I familiarized myself with the surrounding neighborhoods, drove straight to my gym, and bid farewell to the first day of spring. Happy Spring Equinox!
I worked out, had dinner at Outback Steakhouse, and spent the rest of the evening working online at Starbucks. I finally did my meditation from 10:30 to 10:50 PM.
I had a very unusual day planned for the following day so I did the “Defusing Negative Energy and Stress” meditation vigorously.