After going home for a couple weeks it was time to reluctantly return to school. I stayed for as long as I thought was possible leaving a little time for me to prepare for school/interview when I got back. Which meant that I left home on a Sunday, to drive through Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Illinois and finally Michigan. The drive took me approximately 28 hours or so. If I didn't stop to sleep it would have probably only taken 21 hours but since Buffy (my dog) hasn't learned to drive yet I was forced to stop. This was around my 10th time driving such a distance by myself and I learned a few things during this drive.
First, Sunday is not a good day to make such a journey. The whole way through Massachusetts was bumper to bumper traffic except for a few short spots here and there. The traffic actually started in Maine but who's measuring the distance...
Second, check the weather reports for all the states at the times you think that you will be going through them. It rained the ENTIRE time I was driving through New York. Just when I think that I'm free of traffic and have the whole open road before me to have a pleasant drive beside the river that runs along the tollway it starts raining. I don't mind rain really, I actually love rain. So much so that if I ever get married I hope it does rain on that day. Driving in it would be great if I was the only one on the road. However there are always those people who for some reason think that rain is precarious and tricky and that they have to slow down to next to nothing in order to get through it. Then there is always that other same minded person who decides to sit beside them to help them through it. I would hate to see them in a little bit of snow.
Third, I have not been getting enough sleep lately. The last thing I expected when I pulled into an oasis for a nap is that I would sleep for almost 7 hours and not want to wake up. That is just odd. Even though I didn't want to get up I still felt pretty rested. I guess I should start sleeping in my car on a regular basis since I got a better sleep there then when I sleep in a bed. Mind you it was raining and with the windows all around me the pitter patter of the rain was pretty loud and that always quiets my mind.
Fourth, I think I am getting too old for this or else have just done it too much. I love driving and I swear that I could be a trucker and live happily. But this time it was long and boring. This trip was the time that I wished I had a better plan for my phone and could use the built in blue tooth in the car and call someone. Just to hear another persons voice. I do listen to music and audiobooks but that isn't the same. I'm bored with all my music and the audiobook was awesome, I think I might have to buy a hard copy of the book, but there was still something missing. Maybe it was the desire to actually go back to school. Who knows?
Finally, I realized that trips like this are nice in that I get to see a lot of the country and the people in it. But sometimes it would be nice if there was someone else in the car with me besides Buffy. Someone to talk to, someone to drive part of the way, and someone to take the pictures (Buffy is just too hard to get pictures of by using only one hand and having to watch the road at the same time). Mostly the last one!
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