So, last night I drove up to Pittsburgh to get Brian. I have never, ever been in traffic as slow and backed up as the traffic on 70. It was almost as bad as earlier this week with all the rain and flooding. I've also come to a few conclusions:
1. Whomever decided to make 70 have sections that widen to 3 lanes and then go back to 2 a few miles later should be severely punished. Whatever the reasoning for doing that, it actually makes traffic slower when everyone in the 3rd lane has to merge back over.
2. Busy people make me angry. By that I mean: people who have to switch lanes every few minutes to try and get ahead really really get under my skin. Not only does it slow the rest of us down, but in the long run it slows them down, too.
3. Few things are more relaxing than miles and miles of open road.
After I got past all the traffic, I started to listening to a lot of my "road trip" music from when I was younger - stuff that I'd listen to on my old "skip protection hasn't been invented yet" discman or stuff that Mom & Dad would play while we were driving cross country on one of many adventures. It was a good feeling. I rolled the windows down and just went with it. I think one of the hardest things about getting "older" has been losing that carefree, magical feeling of summer. I really don't want to let it go. It was always so incredible, so exciting, to look forward every year to heading out to someplace new and different - and the best part was that no matter where we went, it was always *us* - the family, the adventurers.
This week is going to be a lot of fun. I love DC and I'm really looking forward to spending time in the city. Brian and I are also going camping for a couple days, which should be exciting. I think that next year I want to head out somewhere new, though. I miss exploring and the freedom of going somewhere and just experiencing something new for awhile.
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