An account of my roadtrip 2010 and life afterwards.
Monday, January 3, 2011
The devil in the wishing well
Lately I've been throwing pennies into wishing wells, oceans, fountains, and any other body of water I can find. Do I think this kind of thing works? No probably not, but what can it hurt. Id like to say I wished for something big, something grand, something important. But the truth is, I wished for something selfish, petty, stupid. But I wished for something that I want as much as anything right now. What is this thing you ask? Well now, if I told you then it just wouldn’t come true, silly.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Nawlins
Well, we’ve got another trip on the books. Another good trip. Wednesday morning I left for indy to meet up with Hans, Dan and Greg. The ride down had a little turbulence, but nothing too major. I met up with hans and chilled at his place for a bit before we picked up dan and greg. Late Wednesday night/Thursday morning we left for Aunt Mary and Uncle Tony’s house in Mobile. The drive down was rather uneventful as I slept away most of it. We detoured over to Pensacola beach before heading to mobile simply because we could. The beach was chilly, but as beautiful as the first time we stopped a few short months ago. We walked out on the peer and threw coins into the ocean. I wished for the things I want most and hoped for the Atlantic to grant those wishes.
After the beach we headed over to get some food before leaving the area. We stopped at a BK and while waiting for my compadres to get out of the car I noticed a group of severely underaged girls trying to get my attention from their car. They waved and smiled and blew kisses to which I only smiled back. While 15 year olds have been my type in the past, im moving on up now days. The rest of the lunch was not quite as exciting. We left BK and headed for mobile.
Upon walking in the door, we got the famous uncle tony greeting: “You boys want a beer?” After settling in for a few minutes, we took UT up on his beer offer. The night was young and we had no idea what we were in for. Uncle Tony headed to the store and came back with a fresh handle of Crown Royal and another of Cuervo and the rest is history. Just kiddin. We spent the night drinking in good, scratch that, great company. As we progressed into the night, the idea of playing rock band came up. This had to be our best idea. If ive ever seen a great band, I saw one that night. If nothing else, you can certainly say we entertained. After rock band died down, it was time for shots. What a great idea Uncle Tony (I blame you). Well the rest of the night was fast and unmemorable. I spent some time talking to greg before apparently putting hans to bed and going to sleep myself.
I woke up in the morning to what turned out to be a fantastic morning. I felt fine, went up stairs, showered, drank water, felt like I was going to vomit, vomited. Chilled for a while, vomited. Laid down, drank water, felt like poop, made myself vomit. Vomited. Got ready to go to New Orleans. Vomited. Then I felt terrible the rest of the day.
When we got to new Orleans we checked into our hotel and hung out for a little while. Then we headed down to bourbon street to get some authentic Cajun food. The food was delicious. There were approximately 139 billion drunk people on the streets already even though it was about 7 oclock. We headed back to our hotel to start our pregaming. As soon as I started drinking, I realized this was not going to work out very well for me. I quickly gave up on the idea of getting drunk but set out to have a good time anyways. We set our sights on Jackson square in the French quarter and finally made it there after about a 30 minute walk from our parking spot. The square was packed with people and we waited for the midnight crawfish dropping and firework show. Unfortunately I missed out on my new years kiss. I was doing my best to find the girl with the lowest self-esteem, but they all seemed to think they were too good for me.
After the firework show we walked down to bourbon st for some revelry and shenanigans. We walked up and down the street and checked out the scene. The street was packed and provided a good time for a little while before I decided it was time to head out of there. Greg and I walked back to the car and headed for the hotel leaving Dan and Hans to fend for themselves.
The next morning we woke up to the cleaning lady banging down our door. We left the hotel and got on the road back to mobile. After stopping for lunch at the worlds busiest (and full of hot girls) wendys, we made it back to the house. Worn out from the previous two nights we decided to take it easy this time. We checked out mobiles night life and walked around a couple of their park areas. The night life was far from bumping, which was to be expected the night after new years eve. There were some cool clubs and bars though that looked like they would be fun on another night. Now im laying in bed unable to sleep and therefore writing this. Hope you enjoyed.
After the beach we headed over to get some food before leaving the area. We stopped at a BK and while waiting for my compadres to get out of the car I noticed a group of severely underaged girls trying to get my attention from their car. They waved and smiled and blew kisses to which I only smiled back. While 15 year olds have been my type in the past, im moving on up now days. The rest of the lunch was not quite as exciting. We left BK and headed for mobile.
Upon walking in the door, we got the famous uncle tony greeting: “You boys want a beer?” After settling in for a few minutes, we took UT up on his beer offer. The night was young and we had no idea what we were in for. Uncle Tony headed to the store and came back with a fresh handle of Crown Royal and another of Cuervo and the rest is history. Just kiddin. We spent the night drinking in good, scratch that, great company. As we progressed into the night, the idea of playing rock band came up. This had to be our best idea. If ive ever seen a great band, I saw one that night. If nothing else, you can certainly say we entertained. After rock band died down, it was time for shots. What a great idea Uncle Tony (I blame you). Well the rest of the night was fast and unmemorable. I spent some time talking to greg before apparently putting hans to bed and going to sleep myself.
I woke up in the morning to what turned out to be a fantastic morning. I felt fine, went up stairs, showered, drank water, felt like I was going to vomit, vomited. Chilled for a while, vomited. Laid down, drank water, felt like poop, made myself vomit. Vomited. Got ready to go to New Orleans. Vomited. Then I felt terrible the rest of the day.
When we got to new Orleans we checked into our hotel and hung out for a little while. Then we headed down to bourbon street to get some authentic Cajun food. The food was delicious. There were approximately 139 billion drunk people on the streets already even though it was about 7 oclock. We headed back to our hotel to start our pregaming. As soon as I started drinking, I realized this was not going to work out very well for me. I quickly gave up on the idea of getting drunk but set out to have a good time anyways. We set our sights on Jackson square in the French quarter and finally made it there after about a 30 minute walk from our parking spot. The square was packed with people and we waited for the midnight crawfish dropping and firework show. Unfortunately I missed out on my new years kiss. I was doing my best to find the girl with the lowest self-esteem, but they all seemed to think they were too good for me.
After the firework show we walked down to bourbon st for some revelry and shenanigans. We walked up and down the street and checked out the scene. The street was packed and provided a good time for a little while before I decided it was time to head out of there. Greg and I walked back to the car and headed for the hotel leaving Dan and Hans to fend for themselves.
The next morning we woke up to the cleaning lady banging down our door. We left the hotel and got on the road back to mobile. After stopping for lunch at the worlds busiest (and full of hot girls) wendys, we made it back to the house. Worn out from the previous two nights we decided to take it easy this time. We checked out mobiles night life and walked around a couple of their park areas. The night life was far from bumping, which was to be expected the night after new years eve. There were some cool clubs and bars though that looked like they would be fun on another night. Now im laying in bed unable to sleep and therefore writing this. Hope you enjoyed.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
New Years is close
As kids, I think we always imagine and believe that we will have this perfect life. I’m going to be a movie star, a rock star, an astronaut, a firefighter, an athlete, a jedi. I’m going to marry the most beautiful girl, have a big house, great kids, and a perfect job. As we grow up we slowly figure out that life isn’t going to be perfect; it isn’t going to be everything we imagined. It turns out that I don't have what it takes to make it as a professional athlete or a rockstar. I probably wont make enough money to live in a big house, and I probably wont marry the girl of my dreams. Maybe life isn’t supposed to be perfect. Maybe it’s just a big challenge and the best we can do is get through it. Maybe what we’re supposed to do is find the people and do the things that help us best get through it. So I guess my goal for new years isn’t to start working out more, or to fall in love, or to get straight A’s, but rather, my goal is just to get by; to find people and do things that make all the challenges bearable and most of all to be happy with what and who I have in my life.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Times are a-changin
Times are a-changin
I have so much to say about so many different things I figured id just write a blog about it all. Don't expect this to be coherent or have any kind of flow at all. There has been a lot going on with the ultimate team, with my house, with my teaching, and with my life in general. Some things are falling apart and some things are coming together. I guess everything cant go right at the same time right?
The ultimate team has been in a way falling apart this semester. We’re having a team meeting tonight which will hopefully help figure some things out. I would say the A team guys average about 50% attendance. Things are just different than they have been in the past. For the last two years there has been a complete sense of community and even family among the team members. I know that in the past guys would’ve fought for each other, not just on the field but off it to. We have all been best friends, partied together, hung out, went on trips, ate dinner together, even lived together in a lot of cases. This year that same love of the team and of our teammates is nonexistent. We have struggled to keep freshmen on the team because we are struggling to have fun with the team. I don't blame people for not staying when I myself am not even having fun with the sport. The team is so divided into factions and cliques this year. Friendships that were there in the past have deteriorated into acquaintanceships? If that's a word. People are too busy, care more about too many other things, and don't care enough about the team.
The ultimate team will always be the first thing I remember about my time in college. The four years spent working hard to get to a goal that we set for ourselves. I still have that goal for our team and I still have hope that we can reach it. But in order to get there we need to get back to our roots. We’ve always been a really athletic and skilled team, but so is every good team in the country. The thing that has set us apart in the past was the chemistry, love, and willingness to die on the field for our teammates. I've never worried about getting injured or being too sore to go to class on Monday or not finishing an assignment because I was gone all weekend. I knew being on the team was worth all those sacrifices because I loved the guys on the team. I still feel that way and I hope that everyone else can get back to that too. I would sacrifice almost anything for this team. We’ve all already made huge sacrifices, maybe some have given too much of themselves and can’t give anymore but I know that I have more to give. I have eight or nine more months to be a wizard and in that time I want to see us succeed more than we ever have. To have that success on the field we need to become a family again off the field.
Next up: The house. The dynamics of our house have changed a ton this year also. That’s not to say that the house hasn’t been a blast all year, at least for me. I love my roommates and have had a great time with them this year. I consider all five guys I live with to be very good friends of mine and would drop everything if they were in a moment of need. Some stuff has happened this semester that has changed the feelings in the house. I guess it’s a lot of the same stuff that is going on with the team so ill try not to be redundant. I guess I just wish the house could all spend more time together and have as much fun with all of us as we used to. For the last two years, I have imagined that these would be the guys that would stand in my wedding right next to me as I made the big mistake…haaaaa. After college these are the guys I will still be close to. Go to Colts games with. Get together for a drink every Thursday night. Call up when I have a bad day. Hopefully that's how this goes.
Now to stop being a downer. I started going into the schools this week. Im observing/participating with two eighth grade prealgebra classes. Other than having to wake up at 615 every morning, I absolutely love it. I know for sure that teaching is what I want to do. My kids misbehave, are obnoxious, and don't understand a lot of stuff, but I love them. Theyre fun to be around. Even when they are out of control I still enjoy being in the classroom.
I've known for a while now that I wanted to teach and I knew that when I got into the classroom id enjoy it. I didn't know how I would respond to the whole part of being a role model and having to make a difference in kids lives. I kinda thought I would be the kind of teacher who would go to class and leave and not take my work home with me or think about my kids all that much when I left. Sounds bad when I put it like that haha. After being in the class with these kids I already know that I want to make a difference. Seeing them make the same mistakes that I made or that my friends made when we were their age makes me want to help them to not make those mistakes. There’s one kid in particular in my second period class that is, well lets just call him a classroom management problem. He gets great grades and is really not a bad kid at all, he just makes trouble in the class. He is in that spot where he thinks its cool to be disrespectful and to cause problems. He is going to grow up and realize that he shouldve acted differently and that he shouldve learned what he is supposed to be learning. I want to help him realize that and hopefully change his course that he is on. That is just one example that has already happened in only three days. I cannot wait to have my own classroom and be a teacher.
I guess that's about it for now. My life is going well all around I suppose. Im awfully busy with school and work and Frisbee and homework but its okay because I enjoy most of it. Im looking forward to being home on Friday since I haven’t been in a very long time. Too long. But it will be nice to be home for a night before I have to get up and go to our tournament which we will win. Sorry this ones so long, just a lot going on all at once. Its been kind of overwhelming and it feels good to get it out to the world even if no one reads it.
I have so much to say about so many different things I figured id just write a blog about it all. Don't expect this to be coherent or have any kind of flow at all. There has been a lot going on with the ultimate team, with my house, with my teaching, and with my life in general. Some things are falling apart and some things are coming together. I guess everything cant go right at the same time right?
The ultimate team has been in a way falling apart this semester. We’re having a team meeting tonight which will hopefully help figure some things out. I would say the A team guys average about 50% attendance. Things are just different than they have been in the past. For the last two years there has been a complete sense of community and even family among the team members. I know that in the past guys would’ve fought for each other, not just on the field but off it to. We have all been best friends, partied together, hung out, went on trips, ate dinner together, even lived together in a lot of cases. This year that same love of the team and of our teammates is nonexistent. We have struggled to keep freshmen on the team because we are struggling to have fun with the team. I don't blame people for not staying when I myself am not even having fun with the sport. The team is so divided into factions and cliques this year. Friendships that were there in the past have deteriorated into acquaintanceships? If that's a word. People are too busy, care more about too many other things, and don't care enough about the team.
The ultimate team will always be the first thing I remember about my time in college. The four years spent working hard to get to a goal that we set for ourselves. I still have that goal for our team and I still have hope that we can reach it. But in order to get there we need to get back to our roots. We’ve always been a really athletic and skilled team, but so is every good team in the country. The thing that has set us apart in the past was the chemistry, love, and willingness to die on the field for our teammates. I've never worried about getting injured or being too sore to go to class on Monday or not finishing an assignment because I was gone all weekend. I knew being on the team was worth all those sacrifices because I loved the guys on the team. I still feel that way and I hope that everyone else can get back to that too. I would sacrifice almost anything for this team. We’ve all already made huge sacrifices, maybe some have given too much of themselves and can’t give anymore but I know that I have more to give. I have eight or nine more months to be a wizard and in that time I want to see us succeed more than we ever have. To have that success on the field we need to become a family again off the field.
Next up: The house. The dynamics of our house have changed a ton this year also. That’s not to say that the house hasn’t been a blast all year, at least for me. I love my roommates and have had a great time with them this year. I consider all five guys I live with to be very good friends of mine and would drop everything if they were in a moment of need. Some stuff has happened this semester that has changed the feelings in the house. I guess it’s a lot of the same stuff that is going on with the team so ill try not to be redundant. I guess I just wish the house could all spend more time together and have as much fun with all of us as we used to. For the last two years, I have imagined that these would be the guys that would stand in my wedding right next to me as I made the big mistake…haaaaa. After college these are the guys I will still be close to. Go to Colts games with. Get together for a drink every Thursday night. Call up when I have a bad day. Hopefully that's how this goes.
Now to stop being a downer. I started going into the schools this week. Im observing/participating with two eighth grade prealgebra classes. Other than having to wake up at 615 every morning, I absolutely love it. I know for sure that teaching is what I want to do. My kids misbehave, are obnoxious, and don't understand a lot of stuff, but I love them. Theyre fun to be around. Even when they are out of control I still enjoy being in the classroom.
I've known for a while now that I wanted to teach and I knew that when I got into the classroom id enjoy it. I didn't know how I would respond to the whole part of being a role model and having to make a difference in kids lives. I kinda thought I would be the kind of teacher who would go to class and leave and not take my work home with me or think about my kids all that much when I left. Sounds bad when I put it like that haha. After being in the class with these kids I already know that I want to make a difference. Seeing them make the same mistakes that I made or that my friends made when we were their age makes me want to help them to not make those mistakes. There’s one kid in particular in my second period class that is, well lets just call him a classroom management problem. He gets great grades and is really not a bad kid at all, he just makes trouble in the class. He is in that spot where he thinks its cool to be disrespectful and to cause problems. He is going to grow up and realize that he shouldve acted differently and that he shouldve learned what he is supposed to be learning. I want to help him realize that and hopefully change his course that he is on. That is just one example that has already happened in only three days. I cannot wait to have my own classroom and be a teacher.
I guess that's about it for now. My life is going well all around I suppose. Im awfully busy with school and work and Frisbee and homework but its okay because I enjoy most of it. Im looking forward to being home on Friday since I haven’t been in a very long time. Too long. But it will be nice to be home for a night before I have to get up and go to our tournament which we will win. Sorry this ones so long, just a lot going on all at once. Its been kind of overwhelming and it feels good to get it out to the world even if no one reads it.
Monday, September 20, 2010
A little aftermath
Hans:
so i'm sitting in studio and i should be doing some work, but when you posted that badlands thing on my wall i got to thinking when i looked up the distance to there from here.
every time i think about that trip or look at a map of the united states i get this really weird feeling...i miss that trip so much. i wish we could just do that forever; just take a group of friends and drive around the country and live on our own and never stop exploring and investigating. i want to go back to the badlands and yellowstone and the black hills. i want to be back at big sur and yosemite. i want to hike the grand canyon again.
do you ever get those feelings just randomly? you stumble on something on the internet that reminds you of it? or you look at the pics from it or go back and read a blog? cause i do. all the time, actually. it gives me a little bit of an empty feeling in my stomach knowing that i'm not that free right now. but it makes me happy cause i can be whenever i want, if i really want to.
no matter what happens, we have to take another road trip next summer. all the east coast. we NEED to do it. it just won't be complete without it. we need to finish this journey. we need it. i'm going to figure out where my internship is going to be next summer and i'm going to base all my decisions for it around leaving that last month of the summer open for another trip. i love ya man. i'm so glad that we decided to take that trip - the first leg of an arguably much larger trip. we can talk more tonight or whatever, smoke some hookah and watch the game or whatever, but i miss it. and i need it again. need it.
Me
Yeah definitely. As soon as i posted that i started looking at my badlands pics. I effing love that place. I think between there and yellowstone was the epitome of the freedom of the trip. We had literally no plans at either place other than to do whatever looked cool. Like climbing to the highest point we could reach in the badlands haha.
But yeah i basically think about it every day and about how much i want to have that feeling again. It sucks being set into a mundane routine every day where most of my day is planned out for me. I feel like the road is where i belong. Like im from the wrong generation of 9-5 business men, all worried about money instead of living. I wish i was from kerouac's beat generation. All i care about is *living* and experiencing everything that should be experienced. I dont care about a house or a job or setting down roots.
And yeah i feel like the road trip while being a huge thing and incredible, was really just a stepping stone or the first leg to this whole bigger journey that is starting. Now is our time to figure out what we want to do with our lives which was basically what we were doing on the trip. I feel like that freedom is coming in the next couple of years and so far we have just gotten a taste of it. And now im dying for more.
I dont know, but yeah its definitely something we should talk about. Im down for hookah and talking.
so i'm sitting in studio and i should be doing some work, but when you posted that badlands thing on my wall i got to thinking when i looked up the distance to there from here.
every time i think about that trip or look at a map of the united states i get this really weird feeling...i miss that trip so much. i wish we could just do that forever; just take a group of friends and drive around the country and live on our own and never stop exploring and investigating. i want to go back to the badlands and yellowstone and the black hills. i want to be back at big sur and yosemite. i want to hike the grand canyon again.
do you ever get those feelings just randomly? you stumble on something on the internet that reminds you of it? or you look at the pics from it or go back and read a blog? cause i do. all the time, actually. it gives me a little bit of an empty feeling in my stomach knowing that i'm not that free right now. but it makes me happy cause i can be whenever i want, if i really want to.
no matter what happens, we have to take another road trip next summer. all the east coast. we NEED to do it. it just won't be complete without it. we need to finish this journey. we need it. i'm going to figure out where my internship is going to be next summer and i'm going to base all my decisions for it around leaving that last month of the summer open for another trip. i love ya man. i'm so glad that we decided to take that trip - the first leg of an arguably much larger trip. we can talk more tonight or whatever, smoke some hookah and watch the game or whatever, but i miss it. and i need it again. need it.
Me
Yeah definitely. As soon as i posted that i started looking at my badlands pics. I effing love that place. I think between there and yellowstone was the epitome of the freedom of the trip. We had literally no plans at either place other than to do whatever looked cool. Like climbing to the highest point we could reach in the badlands haha.
But yeah i basically think about it every day and about how much i want to have that feeling again. It sucks being set into a mundane routine every day where most of my day is planned out for me. I feel like the road is where i belong. Like im from the wrong generation of 9-5 business men, all worried about money instead of living. I wish i was from kerouac's beat generation. All i care about is *living* and experiencing everything that should be experienced. I dont care about a house or a job or setting down roots.
And yeah i feel like the road trip while being a huge thing and incredible, was really just a stepping stone or the first leg to this whole bigger journey that is starting. Now is our time to figure out what we want to do with our lives which was basically what we were doing on the trip. I feel like that freedom is coming in the next couple of years and so far we have just gotten a taste of it. And now im dying for more.
I dont know, but yeah its definitely something we should talk about. Im down for hookah and talking.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Addition thoughts/start of school
Additional thoughts/start of school
School started today. I had one class today. That class was boring. Its good to be back here and getting right back into the swing of things. Ultimate practice starts tonight, which im looking forward to more than I thought I would be. This could be my last season and I want it to be a great one. Our team is ready to put in the work needed to be great this year and personally, im ready too.
When we got back to school, it was pretty much just right back to the usual stuff. Not much has changed. We spent the weekend partying and hanging out with some of the best and most fun people I know. I've seen pretty much everyone now that ive been back for a couple of days.
One thing that Hans and I have talked about since being back is just that everyone should take the time to do what we did. Take a road trip. See this country. Sometime you are going to have to choose a place to live for a long time and when you are choosing wouldn’t it be nice to have been to a lot of different places so you can choose the right one. There is so much in this country to see that you are really depriving yourself if you don't go out and see it.
Even beyond roadtripping and seeing the country, simply do the things you want to do. If you want to take classes, do it. If you want to sky dive, do it. If you want to build a house, ride a horse, skinny dip, get a job, quit your job, move across the country, do it. It’s so easy to start making excuses for why you cant do something you really want to. I don't have the time. I don't have the money. Forget that stuff. Taking this trip is something I have wanted to do since I was in high school really. I never imagined we would actually make it happen; I figured it would be one of those things we always talked about wanting to do but never did. Well we actually did make it happen and ill never regret a single minute of it. So if you know of something you really want to do, but you keep telling yourself reasons you cant, forget that. As cliché as it sounds, follow your dreams. Don't let people get you down telling you about how you cant do something because it isn’t reasonable or anything like that. Being on the road for 30 days isn’t reasonable. Driving 9000 miles in a month isn’t reasonable. Driving through Florida and Washington state in one trip is not reasonable. But we did it and im damn glad we did.
I've learned a lot and at some point ill be able to put it down on paper. Ill try to keep blogging some and letting the world know what im up to.
School started today. I had one class today. That class was boring. Its good to be back here and getting right back into the swing of things. Ultimate practice starts tonight, which im looking forward to more than I thought I would be. This could be my last season and I want it to be a great one. Our team is ready to put in the work needed to be great this year and personally, im ready too.
When we got back to school, it was pretty much just right back to the usual stuff. Not much has changed. We spent the weekend partying and hanging out with some of the best and most fun people I know. I've seen pretty much everyone now that ive been back for a couple of days.
One thing that Hans and I have talked about since being back is just that everyone should take the time to do what we did. Take a road trip. See this country. Sometime you are going to have to choose a place to live for a long time and when you are choosing wouldn’t it be nice to have been to a lot of different places so you can choose the right one. There is so much in this country to see that you are really depriving yourself if you don't go out and see it.
Even beyond roadtripping and seeing the country, simply do the things you want to do. If you want to take classes, do it. If you want to sky dive, do it. If you want to build a house, ride a horse, skinny dip, get a job, quit your job, move across the country, do it. It’s so easy to start making excuses for why you cant do something you really want to. I don't have the time. I don't have the money. Forget that stuff. Taking this trip is something I have wanted to do since I was in high school really. I never imagined we would actually make it happen; I figured it would be one of those things we always talked about wanting to do but never did. Well we actually did make it happen and ill never regret a single minute of it. So if you know of something you really want to do, but you keep telling yourself reasons you cant, forget that. As cliché as it sounds, follow your dreams. Don't let people get you down telling you about how you cant do something because it isn’t reasonable or anything like that. Being on the road for 30 days isn’t reasonable. Driving 9000 miles in a month isn’t reasonable. Driving through Florida and Washington state in one trip is not reasonable. But we did it and im damn glad we did.
I've learned a lot and at some point ill be able to put it down on paper. Ill try to keep blogging some and letting the world know what im up to.
Friday, August 20, 2010
August 20th-thoughts
August 20th-thoughts
We woke up this morning and packed up for the drive home. We’re on the road now. Its been a long 33 days but somehow not long enough. I love being on the road, traveling. I love my home and Muncie too, don't get me wrong, but theres just something to be said about the complete freedom we’ve had in the last month. We had the freedom to choose where we wanted to go and what we wanted to do on any given day. We changed our plans more times than I can count. We saw more things than can be remembered at the time which is why weve been blogging about it, so we can remember.
It was the first time ive been far enough from home that I couldn’t just call up my dad and ask him to come fix something if it broke. We were completely on our own. We didn't get ourselves into any kind of trouble. Yeah sometimes we got lost or got into situations that weren’t the greatest, but we always found our way and got out of the situations we got ourselves into. We did that on our own.
The other night my uncle kept apologizing for calling us boys, which I didn't really mind when he did. I've always thought of myself as a kid and really wanted to be one anyways. Being a kid is great. I feel like now after this trip and this experience maybe im no longer a boy. Im not saying im different than I was before the trip, or that im all grown up, but I feel like more of a peer with adults than I ever have. When people want to talk about life experiences and the things they’ve seen in their lives, I can join in now. I've had some experiences.
All it took for us to do this was a little bit of money, a little bit of time, and a lot of ambition. I hope I never lose that ambition or the freedom to do things like this. It seems like people get so tied down into their lives that they don't have the opportunity to do something like this. They cant make time, they don't have money, or they have too many responsibilities to employers or spouses. I know that eventually I will have to do likewise and lay down roots somewhere. When that time comes ill embrace it and enjoy it, but for now ill keep being young.
We woke up this morning and packed up for the drive home. We’re on the road now. Its been a long 33 days but somehow not long enough. I love being on the road, traveling. I love my home and Muncie too, don't get me wrong, but theres just something to be said about the complete freedom we’ve had in the last month. We had the freedom to choose where we wanted to go and what we wanted to do on any given day. We changed our plans more times than I can count. We saw more things than can be remembered at the time which is why weve been blogging about it, so we can remember.
It was the first time ive been far enough from home that I couldn’t just call up my dad and ask him to come fix something if it broke. We were completely on our own. We didn't get ourselves into any kind of trouble. Yeah sometimes we got lost or got into situations that weren’t the greatest, but we always found our way and got out of the situations we got ourselves into. We did that on our own.
The other night my uncle kept apologizing for calling us boys, which I didn't really mind when he did. I've always thought of myself as a kid and really wanted to be one anyways. Being a kid is great. I feel like now after this trip and this experience maybe im no longer a boy. Im not saying im different than I was before the trip, or that im all grown up, but I feel like more of a peer with adults than I ever have. When people want to talk about life experiences and the things they’ve seen in their lives, I can join in now. I've had some experiences.
All it took for us to do this was a little bit of money, a little bit of time, and a lot of ambition. I hope I never lose that ambition or the freedom to do things like this. It seems like people get so tied down into their lives that they don't have the opportunity to do something like this. They cant make time, they don't have money, or they have too many responsibilities to employers or spouses. I know that eventually I will have to do likewise and lay down roots somewhere. When that time comes ill embrace it and enjoy it, but for now ill keep being young.
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