The start of our ride to Boston was filled with tension. Jonathan wanted us to plan exactly what we were doing and when, whereas I did not want to. He wanted to be back by the following evening, and I did not see a reason to commit to that. I was like, let's just see how it goes, I didn't want to plan everything exactly. I didn't know when I wanted to go rollerblading. I also wanted to be in Boston the following night for dinner. Twenty-four hours is a bit on the short side for a trip. Further, I had told him not to come as a favor to me. He should come only if he wanted to, and now it felt like he didn't want to.

In any case, after awhile the tension died down and we had a typical car ride.

Jonathan talked to me about how real estate is like buying on margin in the stock market. You may put $30,000 down on a $150,000 investment, and if it goes down only 20% (to $120,000), you've lost all your money. Only people do not realize that because once they buy the house they do not sell it. A lot of the benefits of buying a real-estate, he feels, are misconceptions. He thinks real estate will significantly underperform in the next few years, and loves to talk about this, so if you are curous please call him.

On the ride we also talked about relationships and life, until we got bored of listening to ourselves. This usually happens, and means it is time for music. None of the CDs in the car were good, ugh! Jonathan tried to get me to listen to certain music and as usual I was reluctant at first but eventually gave in.