March 19, 2006
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Yesterday I did a day trip with Monique to Jersey City to drop of her sister’s things before she fully moves in to Manhattan next week. Well a day trip really is not what I should call it. We left Maryland at 12:44pm yesterday, arrived in Jersey City at aroun 4pm, met up, and ate dinner at Maynila with the sister’s friends. And started our return trip to Maryland around 7:30pm to arrive here at 12:30am.
It was a nice roadtrip. Made me remember the 3 cross country drives I have done, but more recently the last one I did solo from Sunny San Diego to the Beautiful 4 seasons of the east coast. Talk about a tramatic yet thrilling experience. I dont think you ever really know about yourself unless you give yourself hours and hours of alone time. There were times when I would just yell at the top of my lungs and other times I would count the raindrops and see how long I could drive without using the windshield wipers. I recall driving through roads filled with torn up tires and being able to see for as far as the eye can see trying to see further than the sun shines. I made the mistake of trying to be adventurous and drive through Area 51 in between New Mexico and Texas… bad move. I felt as though I was in happy cruising/American Dreaming driving to desolate/post apocolyptic earth… the drive similar to many of my nightmares.. there was nothing for myself, no plants, no cars, and a silent road. When I finally found myself out of Helm’s Deep I found myself in the middle of Texas driving through a barrage of hail that made me feel as though God hated me and hated my car even more… I may have wept, I don’t remember.
So when is the next trip?
