No, not thermodynamics or intermolecular forces though I’m guessing there’s a sub for that, and I wouldn’t have a clue there, either.
An old friend of mine was throwing a surprise birthday party for his wife of 15 years at a pretty fancy bar/restaurant about an hour away from home. I don’t get out much, and I hadn’t seen them in a while so I thought it would be a nice break from my normal routine. You know that routine, maybe too well. Get up, get the family up, make breakfast, hear the panic over lost socks and schoolwork, clean up, go to work, come home, make dinner, clean up again, help with homework, a little tv (maybe), crash and sleep intermittently at best. Sound familiar? Day after day, week after week, month after month. You with me? Okay, great.
When the day of the party arrives, I end up going alone because the wife wasn’t feeling well – which was 100% what I expected to happen (long story I won’t bore you with). Since I was on my own and it was beautiful out, I ended up hopping on my motorcycle. A nice ride adds a little excitement to the day and helps me unwind. Honestly, I was pretty tempted to just keep going, skip the party and find somewhere quiet to just…be. But I thought that’d be rude, so I planned to stay for about an hour then take the long way home.