Some things I've learned...

- Every hotel has HBO, but it's whether or not they have Comedy Central that makes the difference.

- Credit cards are anything but secure. Pretty much anyone can use anyone's card.

- Trucks carrying bees are not supposed to stop for gas during the day.

- You don't use the "J" key on your keyboard as much as you'd think.

- Parking large vehicles is a pain pretty much everywhere.

- Always listen to your instincts. You don't have to act on them, but it's usually a good idea.

- Finding new things to explore is much less about where you are, and much more the state of mind you're in.

- The distance between coasts becomes shorter each time you drive it.

- If you act like you're know what you're doing, people will rarely question you.

- A negative split is when you run faster as the race progresses. This is good.

- It's really easy to just talk to people.

- Someone needs to franchise Chop't nationwide RIGHT NOW.

- Asking everyone a question about something you already know the answer to is lame.

- College was a long time ago. Last month was a long time ago. Last event was a long time ago.

- Close friends only become closer when you have to travel to visit them.

- I want a mountain bike.

- The whole "East Coast mentality" isn't as pronounced as West Coasters make it seem.

- When driving a truck, reading every road sign is useful, if not absolutely necessary.

- The longer you travel, the less important "where" becomes.

- Keeping a blog can result in keeping sanity.

- It gets darker a full hour earlier on the eastern side of a time zone than it does on the western side of the same time zone. Duh.

- A job, a purpose, and financial security breeds self-confidence.

- I met a ton of people in college, but I got to know far too few of them.

- Happy is simply a state of mind. You don't need a reason to be happy.

- I shop for clothes like a girl.

- The iPhone is the most useful tool I've ever owned.

- Unless you like burning a hole in your wallet, 2.5 star hotels are as high a ranking as you'll ever really need. You go up to 3 stars and everything from food to internet costs extra.

- Avoid the 1 star hotels though.

- And the 5 star was pretty nice.

- Base part of your tip calculation on whether or not your server can keep up with the rate at which you consume water.

- Swimming is like other aerobic activities except you can't breathe very well.

- Running is actually kind of fun.

- I'm incredibly lucky to have found and gotten this job.