I hate driving. I hate car rides. I hate most modes of transportation. I love to travel, but I hate the traveling part of travel. It's cramped and time consuming and sometimes dirty and always cranky making.
I've never understood how people love to go on Sunday drives, or [remember when gas was cheap?] just take a drive. Or restore cars and then drive those around for fun.
Several weeks ago, the husband and I took a long drive to pick up the girl, who was homesick & miserable [and this is a child who, from the first, could not wave me away fast enough], from camping. It was about 6 hours, total, in the car that day. And I spent most of that time complaining about how there was no service on my iPhone. Who can live like that?
I was also angry at that long drive for making it take so long to get to my girl. I knew she was o.k. physically and all that other stuff, but it killed me that she was hurting and it took me so long to get there. Plus, that fucking dropped service? Not conducive to texting and talking to her to tell her it would all be o.k.
Sure, she needs to be o.k. on her own. But not now. I'm not ready for her to be. Time has already passed so quickly that I know the next couple of years are going to fly by, and then she'll be gone.
I think that long drive also made me realize how much I love civilization [and by that I mean wireless and cell phone service] and how I am not a country person and how important it is for me to be pretty damn close to a bathroom. And a Target.
Long drives are for people with patience. I have none.
Why walk, when you can drive? That's my motto. It's even better when you can fly instead of driving, but doesn't sound like that was an option unless you took a crop duster or puddle jumper to get to your daughter.
ReplyDeleteYou know what's ironic? You can be completely surrounded by civilization, but still not get cell service because there are too many tall buildings too close together. But then, there usually isn't a Target in those areas either. Oh well, you can't have everything. *sigh*
I can truly relate to you! I have told my current boyfriend that I will never live out of cell phone service again. I get tired of standing on one leg with my finger on my nose while lifting one eyebrow just to get service!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, a place without cell phone service makes me like a nervous dog with a tick. OYE!
ReplyDelete"Pretty damn close the bathroom"! Amen!
ReplyDeleteI can make the need to GO appear just by noticing that we are in fact in NoWhere-ville.
I hope your baby was happy to see you though and made the trip worth the lack of technology (at least until you returned home!)
Yesterday without a car. But at least I was home.
ReplyDeleteOh too funny! I totally agree. The only part I like about the traveling part of traveling is when I'm driving by myself and I can blast my radio. Sometimes it's the ONLY thing that keeps my sanity in check when I'm in traffic and people are being awesome.
ReplyDeletePS. I <3 Target.
Pollyanna - Hmmm . . . I see your point. You'd think they'd have fixed technology by now to the point that we would have wireless EVERYWHERE.
ReplyDeleteJessica - I get cranky when I can't instantaneously get excellent coverage. How hard can it be, AT&T? HUH?
Mother's Hideaway - I swear, it's my security blanket.
A Musing Mother - Oh, I hate driving but being without a car? WORSE.
Missarahlou - I hate traffic. But man, do I love Target. MMMM....Target.