My first post is going to be a bit of complaining. I don't like to complain, but I'm grumpy tonight.

I went on a date tonight. My date lives about 60 miles (100 km) away, so it's kind of a pain-in-the-ass to get up there. The massive road construction going on right now doesn't help either.

So I head up there today, and due to traffic, it takes me two and a half hours to get there.

I finally arrive, and find out that her babysitter (she has a three-year old kid) can only stay until 9:00 pm, three hours from then.

So we have a quick dinner, go to a movie, and it's already time to head back.

The construction traffic on the way home wasn't quite as bad; it only took an hour and a half to get home.

So we're talking four hours roundtrip for a three hour date.

She's fun, but I probably wouldn't have gone if I knew we could only spend three hours together. What a waste of an evening.