The Long Road Home

Instead of driving back from my parents' house on Sunday afternoon, I decided to go to bed early Sunday night, then wake up early Monday morning and make the trip home in time for work. Not something I'd really recommend, at least in Michigan in winter.

Pros:

*I got to spend extra time with my family.
*I woke up at 2 a.m., was on the road by 3, stopped at my apartment to shower and change when I got into town, and still made it to work by 9:30.

Cons:

*In about 6 hours of driving, I experienced snow, sleet, high winds, freezing rain, rain, and fog.
*I was unable to use cruise control for most of the drive due to the weather conditions, and my right leg aches from having to use it constantly. How did people ever drive long distances before cruise was invented?
*In my drive through most of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (about 120 miles; 2 hours of driving) I saw a total of 14 vehicles on the road. Four of them were snow plows.
*About an hour before I got home, I almost got into a car accident. I was less than 5 miles from where I was in a pretty serious car accident less than a year ago.
*I apparently tense my shoulders when I'm driving in stressful conditions. They're still sore.
*Office chairs are quite uncomfortable when you've been sitting in a car for 6 hours.
*I generally avoid caffeine. I do, however, like to avoid falling asleep at the wheel. Apparently, the caffeine found in 3 Diet Pepsis makes me rather...jittery.

I kind of crashed when I got home from work yesterday afternoon. Fell asleep on the couch, then woke up around 4 a.m. and went to bed. I had brought my bedding home to wash it, and I was too tired to haul it up the stairs to my apartment (third floor) when I got back from work, so it was still all in my car. I slept on a bare mattress with one pillow I had left here. All in all, a pretty exciting Valentine's Day! :-b

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While I was driving, I was thinking about my post from last week saying that I have nothing really interesting to blog about. Then I started thinking about my family, and how strange we really are. I believe I have found fodder for blogging...

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On a totally unrelated note, I just saw Ken Jennings (the Jeopardy guy) in a Cingular commercial tonight. I was wondering how long it would take. I'm not really sure what to say about this...