I-70. Again. I Love this road. It’s a symbol of freedom. I’ve written about it before. From here if we drove to visit Heather where she’s competing in Telluride, CO right about… now?… we wouldn’t have to take an exit for another 30 hours – almost 1800 miles of this highway. We’re connected.
It’s weird to have shoved Joey in the backseat for this trip but I’m excited about it. Strange to be learning about someone else’s road habits, how to get them moving, what sets them off. Of course, we’re less than an hour into the drive and with only 5 days before we pick up Heather in Saint Louis and fly Joey back to DC we won’t REALLY dive too deep into those things, but it’s a first step.
People at Teavolve were expressing their pride in me that I was “really doing it” and reminding me that I really haven’t been on the road much recently – it’s frustrating to realize that my self hasn’t been Living up to my self-definition recently – so much so that people are acting like it’s special that I’m on the road. It IS special… but I realize suddenly how much it’s not been part of my Life recently and I hate that.
No matter – Heather’s quit her hateful position in the Baltimore school system, we’re on the road and rolling – and maybe, just maybe – things will feel “right” again soon. It’s been two years of question marks and worrying about work schedules. Ironically, with the elimination of that stability, maybe we can feel stable.
Greetings from I-70. Glad to be able to say that.
