Break is Over

I find that on long drives I have very strange ways at keeping myself entertained. I thank God for making me unique... and I'm just going to leave it at that. The trip home was a long one, but adventurous as I did something I had never done before. Spend the night behind a gas station? Check that off the list! Matt and I were going to convoy with eachother until we hit Ashville, which is pretty close to being half way for both of us. But more than that, we were going to drop in on Andy and suprise him, HOWEVER it was getting fairly late once we got to Knoxville, so I figured I'd give him a little heads up. The converstation sounded a bit like this

-Me "Hey Andy, how's it going?"
-Andy "WOW, how'd you get this number?!?" (the phone I called was the cell phone of the guy sitting next to him... how I got it is my little secret)
-Me "It's a long story, but hey, what are you doing tonight?"
-Andy "I'm on fall break actually."
-Me "... ... Really?" (slightly discouraged)
-Andy "Yeah."
-Me "So are you home?"
-Andy "Nope."
-Me "Where are you?" (slightly hopeful)
-Andy "I'm on my way to Mississippi to help with hurricane relief!"
-Me "Uh... ... ... That's great! ... ... uh..."

I then went into lengths trying to tell him what I had planned and then giving him a backup plan as to what we were planning on doing anyways if he wasn't there. So then I called Matt who was driging behind me.

-Matt "HYELLO"
-Me "Hey Matt... Guess what."
-Matt "What?"
-Me "...Nevermind... So how do you feel about sleeping behind a gas station tonight?"
-Matt "Okay... sounds fun." (he got it before I said it. Luckily I was traveling with Matt... I fear anyone else would have demanded a hotel room)

So we pulled off in a little speck town and purchased some trail mix and water, filled up our tanks, and pulled into the back of the station and set camp... in my car. It was slightly cramped, but not TOO bad. I folded down the seat and we both put our legs down to the trunk and made pillows out of our spare cloths. I cracked the windows a bit for circulation, and we did our best to sleep with a huge Days Inn sign above our heads from next door just taunting us. Even it's florescents hummed as if to say "Don't you wish you had a real job? Then you could afford to stay here instead of in that small car." I did manage to convince myself that the humming was just exotic crickets... but my body COULDN'T accept that hard car seat. It was as if my body suddenly became super sensative. I could NOT get comfortable no matter how hard I tried. Eventually I wound up completely in the trunk all curled, finally falling asleep... But then... it began to rain. So I leaped up, turned on the car, and closed the windows... However, I could not find my comfortable position again. So I tossed and turned, paying attention to every passing car because who KNOWS what kind of a town we're in. I eventually just got in the front seat and fell asleep sprawled across the emergency break and shifter. We woke up and headed out the next morning at about 5:30.

I'll try and talk about the rest tomorrow. Now it is time for bed. Peace and love.