Leaving today was rough. After Fucking Pittsburgh I am not exactly anxious to hit the PA Turnpike again. Packing was an ordeal, and a mess. And I had to keep stopping to spend more time with Shaft. I was choked up most of the day, thinking about leaving without him.
Saying goodbye to the family was a bit of a challenge in itself. Probably because having them right there is all I have ever known. By that point I was just ready to roll. Familiar roads with a familiar traveling companion, but strange possibilities around every turn. Tomorrow is gonna be the big push out west. Early to rise, quick to ride-farther west than I have ever driven. Let's go.
I can't even imagine what a choked up feeling to that extent must be like. I honestly don't know if I could handle saying goodbye, not knowing where the journey is going to take me...it's one thing to go away for a week, even a few weeks, with a plan of action in mind...an appromixate time of return, if not one set in stone....it's another to just kind of GO. That seems to be what you did.
ReplyDeleteWell, I planned to stay for the summer, and if that worked out to travel out west for a few more weeks after, but I'm not really sure how any of it's gonna work out. As of today (the 24th) I have only managed to work six hours at a part-time job waiting tables. If something else doesn't come up soon I might be out on my ass looking at the long road home.
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