just cant wait to be oooon the road aaaagain!

i like the idea of this being a choice you made for YOU. and i like the idea of being there FOR that choice in a real and tangible way. of course, you KNOW i love a good road trip too, grrrrrrl! i know and understand the attitude of "let's get there and let's get there now", but there's something about a road trip that makes the journey seem so much more significant. you start out and usually, you spend hours if not days on roads you've already traveled, and you're excited and happy and eventually BORED to death of seeing the same thing and THEN, all of the sudden- there it is - new road and a new view. and THAT is the essence of a road trip to me. to NOT go at warp speed- to see something new - to stop and take a look at your surroundings, to be excited about the next hour and where it will take you. it's a specific feeling of freedom to be slowly making your way A-way. that you can go so far and see everything along the way in the time you would normally be sitting at a desk, looking out a window and wondering where you could be by now. also, there's the idea of being trapped in one place long enough to explore the laughter of the people you're in the car with. to not be able to escape from potentially uncomfortable moments and to have to talk through them and then get as silly as possible and sing your way through part of a state. GOD i love a road trip! this road trip in particular marks something special for both of us - just to be able to see each other nonstop for days, to talk as much as needed as freely as needed. it's a bonus in our otherwise busy lives and it makes for solid, basic friendship. and of course, on a lighter note- it also helps both of us see just what kinds of pigs we become on the road. i'm telling you NOW- the amount of food i can eat is embarrassing and you'll eventually want to say "drop. the. cookie. now. anne!" to me. when that time comes, please be merciful and have compassion. HA! isn't chad in for a TREAT!?