4 posts tagged “driving”
Strix and I are busy packing. We're heading out of town tomorrow evening to visit family in Missouri and so Strix can attend her graduation at Missouri State. I both love and hate long drives and vacations.
I love:
- the road
- eating at new restaurants
- sleeping in a room where someone else will change the sheets, etc.
- seeing family and friends
- sleeping in
- quality time with Strix
I hate:
- knowing that every day I'm away from work, my in-box is getting that much deeper
- knowing that we are choosing a cross-country road trip when the gas prices are higher than they've ever been
- leaving my two cats at home with a stranger watching them for us
- the weight I will gain from all of the eating out we're going to do
Okay, more love items than hate items, so I guess I'll go out on a limb and say it's a good thing.
Months ago, I agreed to teach some classes at a conference being held in Albuquerque for 9-1-1 professionals. Weeks ago, I auditioned for a role in a play opening on April 11th, without knowing exactly when the rehearsals would be. Now, I'm double booked. This evening I leave for Albuquerque (a 180 mile trip), and I'll spend the night there, and attend the first day of the 3-day conference. Then, tomorrow afternoon, I get to drive back to Farmington for rehearsal, and spend the night here, before leaving early in the morning for Albuquerque Tuesday morning. Drive back Tuesday afternoon, then drive to Albuquerque Wednesday morning, to drive back to Farmington Wednesday afternoon.
All told, I will be driving 1,080 miles over the next three days. I should just drive to California, instead. Thank God for audio books.
I was in a pretty good car accident this afternoon while running errands in preparation for our trip to Austin. It was raining, I was mentally thinking of all the things we had to get done, and I didn't notice the light turn red until it was too late. I slammed on my brakes and slid into the intersection and right into the side of a little green car. (My dad always said green cars were bad luck.)
Neither of us was hurt, and the damage to my vehicle was strictly cosmetic, but while her car was still drivable, it will need some serious rehabilitation, much to the detriment of my insurance premiums, I'm sure.
She looks like she's snarling.
I have been in several car accidents in my life, and while none of them have caused injuries, they have almost all been my fault. There comes a point when ego aside, there is just no longer any denying it. I'm not a very good driver.
We made it to Oklahoma City, and tomorrow we'll finish out the journey. The weather was clear the whole way, for which I'm thankful, and the traffic wasn't too bad until we got into Oklahoma and had to start dealing with these Okie drivers. They've turned tailgating into a past-time.
