7.22.2004
The Trip is ON
Hooray for the Brits! They were able to process my friend Paul's international drivers license so we will be cruising at low altitudes to destinations unknown. Perhaps Fuji? All I know is that we will have a car and are going to (foolishly?) try to avoid tolls to the degree that's possible...that in itself may be absurd, there are a lot of v. high tolls.
Will it be a good trip? I hope so. Six days is a long time to travel with anyone (like, say, me for example) and everyone else somehow backed out, but we are both decently seasoned (molly mcbutter) at traveling at this point and not too fussy. Least not me. And we had a very memorable trip to Hiroshima/Miyajima last year with Marni.
He the distinction of having traveled around the US on Greyhound which is no small feat. I've done a few greyhound trips myself, although it's probably a little easier when you're a tallish guy than a shortish...fine short...girl. I always got the Fort Hood guy on leave as my uninvited travel companion--or worse, falling asleep on my shoulder...once anyway. I was fuming, but too wussy to tell him to get lost. Now I'd probably give him the look of death before he even came close. Course I'm not 18 anymore either.
So anyway, that's kind of a nifty thing. And since I am licenseless I will be the navigator, or, as my little sister used to say when she was watching that one movie, (Flight of) the Alligator.
What else I realized today, I'm living like a 20 year old. When it gets to the point that I'm the creepy old woman acting too young for her age someone will someone please tell me? I'm having an extended adolescence. And I still say "dude" but I blame that on Jim.
Will it be a good trip? I hope so. Six days is a long time to travel with anyone (like, say, me for example) and everyone else somehow backed out, but we are both decently seasoned (molly mcbutter) at traveling at this point and not too fussy. Least not me. And we had a very memorable trip to Hiroshima/Miyajima last year with Marni.
He the distinction of having traveled around the US on Greyhound which is no small feat. I've done a few greyhound trips myself, although it's probably a little easier when you're a tallish guy than a shortish...fine short...girl. I always got the Fort Hood guy on leave as my uninvited travel companion--or worse, falling asleep on my shoulder...once anyway. I was fuming, but too wussy to tell him to get lost. Now I'd probably give him the look of death before he even came close. Course I'm not 18 anymore either.
So anyway, that's kind of a nifty thing. And since I am licenseless I will be the navigator, or, as my little sister used to say when she was watching that one movie, (Flight of) the Alligator.
What else I realized today, I'm living like a 20 year old. When it gets to the point that I'm the creepy old woman acting too young for her age someone will someone please tell me? I'm having an extended adolescence. And I still say "dude" but I blame that on Jim.
