We did it. We're about to complete our first "through the night" road trip. We're about 30 minutes out of Dallas.Hallelujah.
Joe and I drove through the night because it was better than the alternative of driving while Madeline was awake.
In the end, it wasn't a hard decision but one that makes me feel like I'm a real parent now. When my family took vacations, we always started in the middle of the night. So I've officially arrived as a sleep-deprived but happy vacationing mom.
And because I love lists and am using only 15 percent of my brain for this post (the other 85 percent is concentrating on The Onion's Best Of CD), here's a list of what I experienced last night:
1: A rental car without cruise control stinks.
2. It also stinks when someone smoked in it and tried to cover up. (gag)
3. 16 DVDs and five books-on-CDs is over-packing in the entertainment department.
4. Especially when one discovers the joy of Sirius radio in said stinky rental car.
5. Anyone else think of Sirius Black when they hear Sirius radio?
6. Five minutes in stinky rental car makes me rediscover my love for my Honda.
7. Road trips = junk food to me which is why I inhaled two cookies, half a can of Pringles and generic Coke from 11 p.m. To 4 a.m.
8. I did not feel very good at 4:30 a.m.
9. I used to not tell a difference between Coke, Pepsi and generic cola.
10. My tastes have matured. I can now.
11. Marsh cola is not good. Especially at 2 a.m.
12. I really, really, really love GPS.
This was typed on my Crackberry while sleep-deprived so please ignore any typos or incoherant sentences.
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2 comments:
Ha ha! So funny. Love the generic coke comment! You aren't too far from where I live. Hope you get rest soon!
Okay, this totally reminds me of our drive to Colorado with Brennan.
What's worse is when you are driving in the darkness, humming along to the music while everyone sleeps....when all of the sudden at 4 am a little voice in the backseat says, "Hey Jenny, what are radio towers for?"
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