don't be caught dead sitting on your seat belt
U-Haul likes to post helpful reminders throughout the cabs of their moving trucks. They all have to do with death. That was my favorite one though. Or maybe not favorite so much as the one staring at me as I rode in the passenger seat. When I was driving, there was the "Speed kills" sticker placed nearby the speedometer. I didn't see that as much though because it was a clear sticker with black writing and a lot of my driving shifts were after and before the sun rose.
It took us about 24 hours to drive from Riverside to San Antonio. It would have been shorter had there not been so much traffic by Moreno Valley when we started and had there not been weird weather around El Paso. We switched and I started driving as the sun rose. It was beautiful up to the point where the sun was blinding me because we were headed East and it wasn't high enough in the sky yet for me to block it with my visor. There was probably another death reminder on the visor once it was flipped down, but I don't remember for sure. So I'm trying to not burn out my corneas and I don't want to wake my dad up because it was his turn to have his eyes closed for awhile, and the road is all curvy and blocked off and crap. THEN, I drive right into fog. The kind that is on the ground.
Fog doesn't necessarily scare me, but as I was driving a pretty good sized truck with all of my earthly possessions either in it or being towed behind it, I was a bit nervous. Also, I was seeing black spots from the sun being in my eyes only moments before. They were starting to fade, but I couldn't tell if I was still seeing spots or if I was seeing cars in front of me. My dad woke up and we decided to pull off and get some breakfast and see what happened with the weather and go from there. There was a sign for food, but we couldn't tell where the hell the food places were and it was too foggy to be able to survey the scene. He took over driving and it stayed foggy for so long. I fell asleep again and woke up to see it was STILL gray. The sun had been so bright that I had figured all the mistiness would just burn off quickly.
We stopped in the town that has a Davey Crockett memorial statue to get gas and also because we were starving. We both wanted breakfast and the place we went to had stopped serving it just before we got there. It was still very good food and a nice break. I've never done a long road trip like this before as an adult and I have to say that if you have the time and a little extra money (just a little), totally stop at truck stops or diners for food. The entertainment provided around you is worth the extra fifteen minutes of sitting without driving and the quality of the food is worth a few extra dollars.
When I went to bed on Tuesday, I had been up for roughly 36 hours (I'm not counting the naps in the truck, because let's just not kid ourselves) and had driven for 24 of those hours straight. I was very excited for a shower and when I went to bed, I'm pretty sure I didn't move once I fell asleep.
San Antonio is going to work out okay I think. My parents are pleased to have me here, as are my sister and brother-in-law. Phillip smiles at me readily, but Isabella? She happily yelled when she saw me and ran to me. She did the same thing this morning too when I went downstairs. I think she's excited that I don't live at the airport anymore and I'm much closer. I don't know exactly what it is that delights her so much about my presence, but I'll take it. I love Phillip very much and am quite happy to hold him and play with him and everything, but there's something about Isabella that is just captivating. I hope she doesn't figure out for awhile that once she learns how to say "Auntie" and ask for things I will have a hard time saying no.
I've moved a lot but I really suck at the saying good-bye and making sure I hang out with everyone one last time. Please don't be miffed if I missed out on going out or anything, it wasn't personal. I plan on coming back to California for a visit relatively soon (spring or summer time) and anyone who would like is welcome to come out to Texas. Give me a few months to find all the cool places to be (I've found one so far, so I'm doing well) and then come on out!
It took us about 24 hours to drive from Riverside to San Antonio. It would have been shorter had there not been so much traffic by Moreno Valley when we started and had there not been weird weather around El Paso. We switched and I started driving as the sun rose. It was beautiful up to the point where the sun was blinding me because we were headed East and it wasn't high enough in the sky yet for me to block it with my visor. There was probably another death reminder on the visor once it was flipped down, but I don't remember for sure. So I'm trying to not burn out my corneas and I don't want to wake my dad up because it was his turn to have his eyes closed for awhile, and the road is all curvy and blocked off and crap. THEN, I drive right into fog. The kind that is on the ground.
Fog doesn't necessarily scare me, but as I was driving a pretty good sized truck with all of my earthly possessions either in it or being towed behind it, I was a bit nervous. Also, I was seeing black spots from the sun being in my eyes only moments before. They were starting to fade, but I couldn't tell if I was still seeing spots or if I was seeing cars in front of me. My dad woke up and we decided to pull off and get some breakfast and see what happened with the weather and go from there. There was a sign for food, but we couldn't tell where the hell the food places were and it was too foggy to be able to survey the scene. He took over driving and it stayed foggy for so long. I fell asleep again and woke up to see it was STILL gray. The sun had been so bright that I had figured all the mistiness would just burn off quickly.
We stopped in the town that has a Davey Crockett memorial statue to get gas and also because we were starving. We both wanted breakfast and the place we went to had stopped serving it just before we got there. It was still very good food and a nice break. I've never done a long road trip like this before as an adult and I have to say that if you have the time and a little extra money (just a little), totally stop at truck stops or diners for food. The entertainment provided around you is worth the extra fifteen minutes of sitting without driving and the quality of the food is worth a few extra dollars.
When I went to bed on Tuesday, I had been up for roughly 36 hours (I'm not counting the naps in the truck, because let's just not kid ourselves) and had driven for 24 of those hours straight. I was very excited for a shower and when I went to bed, I'm pretty sure I didn't move once I fell asleep.
San Antonio is going to work out okay I think. My parents are pleased to have me here, as are my sister and brother-in-law. Phillip smiles at me readily, but Isabella? She happily yelled when she saw me and ran to me. She did the same thing this morning too when I went downstairs. I think she's excited that I don't live at the airport anymore and I'm much closer. I don't know exactly what it is that delights her so much about my presence, but I'll take it. I love Phillip very much and am quite happy to hold him and play with him and everything, but there's something about Isabella that is just captivating. I hope she doesn't figure out for awhile that once she learns how to say "Auntie" and ask for things I will have a hard time saying no.
I've moved a lot but I really suck at the saying good-bye and making sure I hang out with everyone one last time. Please don't be miffed if I missed out on going out or anything, it wasn't personal. I plan on coming back to California for a visit relatively soon (spring or summer time) and anyone who would like is welcome to come out to Texas. Give me a few months to find all the cool places to be (I've found one so far, so I'm doing well) and then come on out!