The Drive

I can honestly say with 99% assurance that I will never move across country again. Unless the entire eastern half of the United States falls off the face of the planet, I'm staying put. Our drive from Arizona to Georgia was complete within two days.


You may ask, "Trisha, how many miles was that drive?"

"Why, just a simple and straight 2017 miles," I'll reply.


But even one mile driven simple and straight can be, well, quite dull. Now multiply that 2017 times, and suddenly a simple and straight 2017 mile drive is no easy task. Especially when you're in the car with no one but a nervous and uncomfortable pup to talk to. I drove my MINI with the pup in the front passenger seat. Carlton drove his Nissan and zoned out while listening to a book on tape and following the little red ZipZip in front of him.


Now you might be wondering, "Trisha, if you drove 2017 miles in two days all by yourself while the Hub listened to a book on tape, how did you stay awake and keep yourself entertained?"

"Well," I would so pridefully answer, "on Day 1 of our drive through Texas, I discovered an All-Aerosmith-All-The-Time radio station. SCORE! Now imagine to yourself, My Inquisitive Friend, my relief when I realized that the nervous little pup next to me would calm down when I sang aloud in the car. And then imagine my immediate giggle-worthy reaction to my own silly self as I realized I was having fun when I made funny faces to the beat of the music... Steven Tyleresque faces. And then, when my face got tired, Curious Friend, I sang in the most obnoxious opera voice I could muster."

Being alone in a straight-driving car for that long will lead a girl to do some crazy things.


By 6:00 am on Saturday we left our house in Scottsdale, Arizona and wheeled out onto I-10 (which eventually puked out into I-20). Then some time around 1:00 am we arrived in Fort Worth, Texas and stayed for the night. By 9:00 am we hit 80 mph once again, and stopped in Macon, Georgia at my best friend Chelsea's for the night around 10:30. I woke up around 8:00 am with the pup and let Carlton sleep until about 10:30 (thanks, Chels, for letting us take our time that morning!). My sister met us there and followed us the last 2 hours down to our final destination, and our new home, Moultrie, Georgia.

*Finally-Content Sigh.*