The Open Road

Jess and I took a little road trip this weekend

We soooo needed this

A time to break away and decompress

Not to mention I got to see my sisters

As I stared out the window

I thought about the silence in the car

Silence makes me nervous

This was different 

A comfortable silence

Six hours...that’s all it takes

It’s not that long

Six hours can determine the degree of your relationship

Will it last?

Do I want to do this again?

Is this nervous chatter? 

I’ve had to let one rip for like 3 hours now. (that’s really when you know)

I’ve been on a lot of road trips

with a lot of people

different people

I’ve road tripped well with some

and some 

not so well

Snippets of some of my road trips....

I learned how to harmonize to Holiday, by Madonna on this trip. Play, stop, rewind. Play, stop, rewind. Play stop, shit...rewind. (6 hours)

She almost hit 100 deer at one time. For real. (22 hours)

I rode in the backseat the whole time because they get car sick. But, we ate a lot of donuts, and talked the whole the time.  (12 hours)

We said the alphabet with cusswords. (10 hours)

We drove the wrong way on the interstate (24 hours)

I showed them my rapping skills (12 hours)

She almost killed us. She laughed so hard she almost passed out. Literally. (6 hours)

I held his nose while he slept because I was bored. God I miss this kid. (24 hours...every year)

We get closer every time we’re in the car. (1000’s of hours....love you Mom)

Not once did I get irritated on any of these trips (except for the horrible driving).  We talked, we cried, we smoked lots of ciggy’s (dang I miss those on road trips), we sang (badly), we ate crappy food. Memories were made. Friendships grew stronger.  After each trip, I knew... these people would be the ones I would grow old with.  

Jess and I have been on trips before

but today....she made me smile just knowing she was beside me

She learned how to dance (car dancing that is)

she sang

we laughed

We wrote

together

I typed 

she helped give me words

When we were done writing

I knew our story had only just begun. 

(6 hours)

The next time you aren’t sure about someone

Suggest a trip

It will go really bad 

Or

 it will go really good

Either way...

you have a story

Or you have both....

a friend for life and the beginnings of wonderful chapter of your book.