Notes: self-explanatory...I hope.
I know, I know. Before you all start in on me---I've been BUSY! :P I have been meaning to update, I really have. The last week of April was consumed by my parents' trip to Pennsylvania and moving. It took uber concentration on my part to even get through that last week. Here is the scoop: Everything went well regarding my departure—I was quite worried about delay and what could happen if things did not go AS PLANNED. This really would have been, well....a catastrophe. :D As common as catastrophe is in my life, I don't torture myself with sending it an open invitation.
The actual court hearing itself only lasted like 15 minutes. I thought to myself: All of that stressing and all of those sleepless nights in preparation for 15 minutes of my life. It's silly when I think about it now yet at the time all of the panic and anxiety attacks seemed perfectly logical. (I've never claimed to be logical nor level-headed.) Move = Left approximately 1:45 am. (I'd decided to leave at night as traffic would be much better.)
I was pulled over 15 minutes from leaving my mother’s house. The cop was I think a bit scared of me and my rental car crammed to the “T” with everything that I currently own. (He didn’t even come around to the driver’s side of the car.) He asked me why I had so many things in the car—what was going on. I explained the situation to him (in entirely too much detail, mind you) as to why I was leaving the state and the days’ previous events.
He asked me to slow down a little and wished me luck. He probably thought I’d turn psycho on him if he got too close. And he was alone.
I was out of Ohio and into KY @ 3:15am. Cincinnati has to be one of the WORST cities on earth to drive in. Don't go there to find out--take my word on it. I wouldn't send even my worst enemy (aka mother) there. I have never been so happy to see the Ohio bridge in all of my life. I entered KY and breathed a sigh of relief.
It was a little unfortunate that it was dark throughout most of my journey through KY...I remember how pretty it is from all of my childhood trips to my grandparents' house (my father's parents). The most beautiful thing that I saw in KY--the biggest moon I've ever seen. I must have been really high in elevation because the moon was so big that it looked like I could reach right out of the window and touch it. It was absolutely amazing I tell you.
The funniest thing in KY=the Colonel Sander's Museum. Ummmmmmmm WHAT exactly could the Colonel Sanders Museum CONTAIN???? Some chicken legs and a photo of the homestead? --sheeze. If I would have had time I would have taken a tour and graced you all with some lovely photos. However, I had a schedule to maintain.
As I rolled into Tennessee @ 6:15am (EXACTLY 3 hrs later--check me out) the sun decided to peek out to wake me up juuust as I began to get tired. Tennessee is BEAUTIFUL I must say. The mountains there are probably among the most beautiful things I've ever seen. My eyes literally welled with tears the second I saw them. I woke a few people up that day to share my joy...I'm not sure they were as happy as I was...LOL.
Complaints on Tennessee: ppl that can't decide what speed they want to go and a state that can't figure out what speed limit they want to set. The stinking speed limit changed like every 5 miles and I had no idea 90% of the time if I was going the correct speed limit or not---I just kind of um, went with the flow...if you want to call it a flow. It was more like spuratic jolts. heh.
Tennesee really just kind of rolled right into North Carolina...and slowly I headed out of the mountains and into the hills. Soon I was in South Carolina...I think I entered around 10am? Something like that, anyway. South Carolina smells like Ohio. The smell of the land there was a nice welcome for me.
I called everyone that was worried about me and let them know that I had arrived to SC alive thus far. SC is a really friendly state and the lady at the gas station where I stopped to pee (only 4 times the ENTIRE trip--just a note for you critics and a record for me) was sooooo nice and we had a friendly little chat. I think she nearly gave me her phone number...or asked for mine.
Complaints: two types of drivers in SC:
1. Ppl that want to cut you off at the last minute and
2. Ppl that can't decide if they really want to push their accelerator or not. ANYWAYYYYY.
I arrived @ Miss Gail's at 11:30 am and was literally attacked at the door. We jumped around and hugged for a while and then we unloaded and returned the car...the end.
I will tell you about my journey since then at a later date...I must watch Extreme Home Makeover. A girl MUST have priorities.
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