Finding A Place To Stay, Getting A Haircut, & Relaxing! (KS) “DAY 179” – 12/30/10
January 1, 2011 - 2:45 pm - (KS) “DAY 179” - Week 26 - State 24
Since it’s New Year’s Day... Happy New Year Everybody! I can’t believe it’s already been almost 6 months and somehow I have more money then when I started. 😉 But I ‘ll write that post at the half-way point in a few days.
Anyway, although it is currently New Year’s Day, I’m always a day behind and in this case, I’m 2 days behind. So, I’m gonna try and write both days but it might not happen. I may just get Dec. 30 done (Thursday) if writing my New Year’s Eve day takes to long. (It didn't happen. :()
Thursday Morning - Leaving Prairie Band
I got up this morning an soaked in the nice view I had from my room because I only had few hours left in it. ya see, my time at Prairie Band has come to an end and I now have to find a place to stay again. Ahhh!
My plan was to drive south to Topeka and either work out a deal for a comped room or pay as little as I had to. I also needed a haircut for the New Year and I had to catch up on my writing (as seems to be the norm lately). 😉
Finding A Room
After leaving Prairie Band, I drove 20 miles south into Topeka, Kansas where I stopped at a few different hotels trying to get a deal. First, was the Holiday Inn where I got $110 room down to $50 but I kept looking.
Then, I stopped in a Motel 6 where I was possibly gonna get the room for free but I had wait an hour two for the owner the get back me. Even though I had a few things brewing, I kept searching for a room while I kept my eye out for a barbershop.
After stopping at a few more hotels ($50 a night was the best I could find), I decided to get a haircut while I waited on the call from the Motel 6 owner. (One of the people working at a hotel front desk gave me a $8.99 coupon for a haircut.) Nice!
Sports Clips
I wound up at Sports Clips even though my coupon was for a different place. (I didn’t find this out until later.) 😉 Anyway, I walked in and the place had a really cool set-up. They had a big TV with bowl games on and memorabilia all over the place.
I was 2nd or 3rd in line so I had 15 minute wait ahead of me but I didn’t mind because I was yapping away with everybody there while I was taking pictures. (The people working there thought I was inspecting the place or something because I was taking so many pictures.) 😉
My Haircut
By the time I was up to get my haircut, everybody there knew me. So, Tiana called me over and put me in her chair for my New Year’s cut. I felt like I was at home with all the people there because they were so cool to me.
I talked to them about my trip, New Jersey, and my thoughts on Kansas so far. They told me about everything I had questions about in Topeka. As we were talking, I mentioned the coupon I had and that’s when I found out it was for a different place. Damn!
I really didn’t mind though because everybody there was so cool, whatever the price was already worth it. 🙂 Then, to my surprise, while I was getting the hot towel treatment, Tiana handed me a coupon for Sports Clips for a free haircut! 🙂
Are you serious, people are so cool! Thank you Tiana and Sports Clips! My haircut was almost finished after the hot towel, so I took a few pictures with the girls and promised I’d stop back to see them before I left Topeka.
F.Y.I. - I even got a really good haircut. I’m happy with the way the whole experience turned out. 🙂 (Left: Tiana, Me, and Tara)
Motel 6
It was now close to 4 pm and I hadn’t heard from the Motel 6 yet, so I drove back there to see what the outcome was. When I got there I found out he couldn’t comp the room but he would give to me for $35 for the night. It’s not the Holiday Inn but $15 saved is worth it for me, I took the room.
My room was... a Motel 6 room but it has cable TV, free Wi-fi, and it’s relatively clean so I’m all good with it. I still had a lot writing left to do so I bunker’d down and got to my posts. I wrote/posted until almost 8 pm when I went out to get some dinner.
Chili’s
I decided to go to Chili’s because well... I still have gift certificates for any Chili’s in America. Sweet! Anyway, when I got there, it was packed so I went to the bar and found the one open seat available. (That’s one of the good things about being alone, you can always find a single seat at the bar.)
After settling in, I started talking with the couple next to me (Q and his wife Cyndi). They were a real nice couple as we exchanged stories while they waited for their table to be called. Before they left, Q bought me drink as he wished me well on journey! Thanks Q! Nice meeting you both. 🙂
Back To My Room
After eating dinner and getting another dinner for the road, I left Chili’s and headed back to my room for the night. It was only 10 pm but I tomorrow is New Year’s Eve and even though I don’t where I’ll be yet.. I’m sure it will be a long adventurous day!
Thanks for reading!
Happy New Year Rooster. Nice haircut.
Did you ever notice how most of the couples you’ve included in your stories, resemble each other with a specific feature. Maybe their eyes, nose, mouth shape etc. This last couple, Q & Cyndi go together.
What do you think?