Sunday, February 13, 2011

Driving Across Country

Well, let me start by telling you where I was going.  I was living in Utah, most of my belongings were in storage. I had enough stuff you fill an entire apartment for myself and I was Moving to Savannah Georgia. Seems simple enough but I drive a little 2door Mitsubishi eclipse.  It took me weeks to scale down my possessions to fit everything I own into One Little Tiny Car.  The fact that I could fold down the back seat saved me a lot of space.. I still had things I wanted to take with me, so I had the Genius Idea...I packed my car full that I couldn't open the door without stuff falling out, so I rolled down the Window and started pouring stuff into the window, as the started getting full I would roll up the window a little at a time, and continue pouring things into my car. Till there was no empty space left for anything.(I did manage to leave clear space to view out each side mirror, just not the rear view) I managed to take about a 3rd of my stuff. Sadly, the other 2/3rd found a new home at the D.I. or with friends and family or the Garbage Man that comes on Mondays (they will be missed)..   Anyways, across Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, and Missouri I totted My belongs.  I was snuggled so tight that I had to push a little against the mini Frig I sat in the front seat, to get more space in order to shift into 5th gear...2 days of driving like that,, and anyone can go mad.. I started shifting in my seat every 5 minutes, It was getting uncomfortable. My belt buckle hurt, My butt was falling asleep. I was starting to get itchy and irritated with anything and everything..If a single hair touched my forehead, It started to make me angry.. so some time between Missouri-Illinois-Kentucky- I was crying about it to Travis, My "Oldest" Older Bro...He gave me some awesome advice about what he did when he was a truck driver, and making those long drives comfortable too... So Travis told me that what helps Him.. Is remove all the loose change from my pockets, unbuckle any belt, try untucking my shirt and unbuckle my pants so things are not so tight... (that seems harmless... right???) ... Well I promise you ..IT WORKS..... and 2 hours down the road I stop for gas. at a truck stop, one of the truckers walked past my car, notice the out of state plates, and my packed car and through my cracked down window, he points out my tire is a little low, I step out of my car to think him, and forget My pants are unbuckled and my pants fall to my knees so fast, the man saw the panic in my face, he quickly turned around and goes the other direction just waves and says yeah get that tire looked at,,as his back is turned to me.... I thought about chasing after him or scream back at him to wait,, I can explain,, but would have only made it awkward I think, on top of him seeing my big kid panties I didnt want to add more to the mix,, so I pulled up my pants in shame, and pumped my gas, aired up my tire, and tried to pretend no one saw me....I called My Brother and told him I totally give him props for tricking me like that.. I didnt see that happening to me at all...  He said it was totally not on purpose, he never forgets to button up his pants before exiting the car,so he didnt think I would need to be reminded,, I KNOW I CANT BE THE ONLY ONE WHO WOULD FORGET SOMETHING LIKE THAT....So Im totally Going to try that one on my friends when they "Road Trip" Topic comes up around the water cooler at work...you know,, share in my joy.  It is something I can laugh about ,, It was really funny when it happened to me..Thank about how much fun it would be if it happened to someone else....Well thats all for now..

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