Yes, I am a high introvert. Shocking. I know. But because of this, I tend to really enjoy driving. I think I have mentioned this in previous posts, but long trips in the car alone give me time to think...or not think at all. So yesterday I had plenty of time while I made the drive home for the holidays. I actually even had some extra time since the weather was consistently pretty gross with the same gray rain across all three states.
My thoughts on yesterday's trip tended to wrap around three general themes. The first was improvements. More specifically, improvements I need to make to my Jeep. My Jeep has lots of "character," as most would call it, when they are trying to be nice. Others would simply say it looks pretty rough. It drives really well to be 15 years old. It just needs a make-over. The paint is pretty bad and the headliner has fallen. A new door handle is needed on one door and a new armrest is needed on another. I guess having never put much stock into defining my status through having a cool looking car, I never worried too much about it. However, it would definitely do some good to spruce it up. Now it is finding the places and the money to get it done.
The second theme was obviously the holidays. I did not come home for Thanksgiving, and so I am looking to make up for that while I am home for Christmas. I thought about things I would cook (I think I will be making peanut butter fudge to take to my grandmother's), people I will visit (family, friends, a trip to Columbia), and just what I will do with almost two weeks at home. Of course we started the tradition off last night by going to my mom's company annual Christmas party. We always go as a whole family and have fun playing silly games, leaving with silly gifts, and eating lots of food. Although this year, the most I think I left with was being judged by an elderly Taiwanese man about being single. Oh, and playing with fish eyeballs. Ha.
The third was just life in general. Reflecting over the last year. Thinking about some possible big changes on the horizon. Without putting too much out over the Internet, I have just had lots to think about lately, and the drive is usually a good place to either sort them out, reflect, or sometimes agonize over them. Decisions to make, things I should say to others that I don't, possibilities, how things could have happened, etc. And then I think, I should blog!
Also to note, this was the first time I have taken my cat, Dixie, on an extended car ride. She has never been to keen on being in the car, although it has only ever been to go to and from the vet and home from the shelter. So who can blame her? But yesterday she made the trip with me and did really well. She freaked for a little while, but found a spot that suited her underneath the back seats that I had laid down. Occasionally she would pop up for some attention, but I think she like it under there where she was warm and could not see the world flying by. The only downside was I could not belt out the tunes I normally do while I am on the road because she would start to meow, which I took to mean stop. Perhaps that is why I had even more time to think. I could not drown it out with music as much as I normally do.
I hope to have more to write while I am home and have more time to do it. Also, shoutout and thanks to Adam for the road trip mix. It made for good listening.
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