We got up at 3:30 thanks to the 2 Android Smartphones. Jumped right out of bed and did the bathroom routine. Joe was up at 3:45 and made us coffee to go in styrofoam take out cups with lids. Traffic on the 405 was pretty light at this time of the morning. I got off at Century Blvd and followed the signs to Enterprise Car Rental looking for a gas station. On the turn to the rental place there was a gas station at 2.93 which was lover than most others that seem to be around 3.15. We took on 8.8 gallons of gas which wasn't bad since the round trip to Ventura was 200 miles and we had a round trip to LAX plus local driving. The line at Southwest was long but moved along. TSA wasn't too bad either. Neither of us had TSA Pre. I thought it was going to be bad since our plane was listed as delayed 15 minutes and a Chicago flight was delayed indefinitely because of bad weather in Chicago but we did leave 15 minutes late and got into Phoenix on time. We couldn't find any breakfast in Phoenix. I got 2 bagels at a Mexican Grill which weren't really bagels - they were more like the Thomas's bread bagels for $10 with one coffee. The flight to RDU was pretty smooth and I lucked out with the exit row which was great for a cross country trip. The flight was totally full. I had the aisle and Libbie had the center seat. We had a smooth flight until we got into NC where we got into the storm that was raining on the East Coast. It was bumpy for the last 30 minutes but not severe so overall it was a good flight. We got home about 5:30. We had to take a detour down 54 off I-40 because there was an accident up ahead so we got off at the break lights ahead and wound our way through Cary. For dinner we went to La Cocina at 6 where I had the Quesadilla La Cocina with a Yuengling. After the restaurant we went to Kroger and picked up Nyquil for Libbie and also a can of soup and the initial ingredients for my New years snack tomorrow night which is going to be Spicy French Bread pizzas.